NGC 51

Galaxy in constellation Andromeda

NGC 51
NGC 51 with PanSTARRS
Observation data (2000.0 epoch)
Constellation	Andromeda^[1]
Right ascension	00^h 14^m 34.895^s^[2]
Declination	+48° 15′ 19.86″^[2]
Redshift	0.01862^[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	5531 km/s^[2]
Distance	250 Mly (77 Mpc)^[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.1^[1]
Characteristics
Type	S0/a^[2]
Size	90,000^[3]
Apparent size (V)	1'.445 x 0'.891^[4]
Other designations
MCG +08-01-035, PGC 974^[2]

NGC 51 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Andromeda. It has a diameter of 90,000 light-years.^[3] The galaxy was discovered on September 7, 1885, by Lewis Swift, who described it as "Pretty faint, pretty small, round, brighter middle."^[3]

One supernova, SN 2016gxp (type Ia, mag. 18.6), was discovered in NGC 51 on October 5, 2016.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "NGC 51 >> Deep Sky Objects Browser". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2013-07-31.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "NGC 51". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 50 - 99". Retrieved 2013-07-31.
^ "NGC 51 - Galaxy - WIKISKY". Retrieved 2013-07-31.
^ Transient Name Server entry for SN 2016gxp. Retrieved 25 March 2023.

External links

Media related to NGC 51 at Wikimedia Commons
NGC 51 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
SEDS

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NGC	NGC 46 NGC 47 NGC 48 NGC 49 NGC 50 NGC 51 NGC 52 NGC 53 NGC 54 NGC 55 NGC 56
PGC	PGC 970 PGC 971 PGC 972 PGC 973 PGC 974 PGC 975 PGC 976 PGC 977 PGC 978

Constellation of Andromeda

Stars

Bayer	α (Alpheratz) β (Mirach) γ (Almach) δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ (Adhil) ο π ρ σ τ υ (Titawin) φ χ ψ ω A b c υ Per (Nembus)
Flamsteed	2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 (Veritate) 15 18 22 23 26 28 32 36 39 41 44 45 47 55 56 58 59 63 64 65 66 6 Per
Variable	R T U W Z RT RV RX SU SW TU TW WZ XZ AB AC AD AE AF AR BM BX CC CG CN DS DX EG ET EU FF GP GQ GX GR GY HH HN IW KK KX KZ LL LN LP LQ OP OS OU PX PY QO QR QV QX V385 V428 V439 V455 V529 V807
HR	1 40 56 78 104 122 134 178 275 282 283 289 379 410 483 687 746 748 8884 8925 8950 8962 8973 9011 9074 9075 9105
HD	16175 (Buna) 222155
Other	3XMM J004232.1+411314 ADS 48 HAT-P-6 (Sterrennacht) HAT-P-16 HAT-P-19 HAT-P-28 M31-RV KELT-1 NGC 44 NGC 82 NGC 84 NGC 91 NGC 162 NGC 464 Qatar-3 Qatar-4 PA-99-N2 WASP-1 WISE 0146+4234 WISE J0005+3737 WISE J004945.61+215120.0

Exoplanets	14 Andromedae b κ Andromedae b υ Andromedae b c d Gliese 15 Ab c HD 13931 b HD 16175 b HAT-P-6b HAT-P-32b WASP-1b WASP-33b Qatar-4b Qatar-5b

Star
clusters

NGC	206 272 752 956 7686
Other	Mayall II RBC EXT8

Nebulae

NGC	7662

Galaxies

Messier	32 110
NGC	5 11 13 19 20 21 27 39 43 48 49 51 67 68 69 70 71 72 74 76 79 80 81 83 85 86 90 93 94 96 97 108 109 112 140 149 160 169 181 183 184 214 218 226 228 229 233 243 252 258 260 262 280 304 317 389 393 404 425 431 477 512 513 523 528 529 531 536 542 605 620 668 679 687 700 703 704 705 708 709 710 712 714 717 721 732 753 759 801 812 834 891 906 910 911 912 913 920 937 980 995 996 999 1000 7640 7836
Numbered	I II III IV V VIII IX X XI XVIII XIX XXI
Other	3C 66A 3C 66B Andromeda Galaxy Arp 273 Donatiello I