NGC 169

NGC 169
Hubble Space Telescope/Víctor M. Blanco Telescope image of NGC 169 (top) and IC 1559 (bottom)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAndromeda
Right ascension00h 36m 51.6s
Declination+23° 59′ 27″
Redshift0.015434
Apparent magnitude (V)13.3
Characteristics
TypeSA(s)ab
Apparent size (V)2.6' × 0.7'
Other designations
UGC 365, PGC 2202, Arp 282

NGC 169 is an unbarred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered on September 18, 1857, by R. J. Mitchell.

NGC 169 has a smaller companion named NGC 169A, also designated IC1559. The two are currently interacting, and the pair is included in Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0169. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
  2. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 150–199". Cseligman. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  3. ↑ Arp, Halton (1966). Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies. Pasadena, California: California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 5 Jan 2010. (webpage includes PDF link)