NGC 1309 [SEP] constellation
NGC 1309
NGC 1309 is a spiral galaxy located approximately 120 million light-years away, appearing in the constellation Eridanus. It is about 75,000 light-years across, and is about 3/4s the width of the Milky Way. Its shape is classified as SA(s)bc, meaning that it has moderately wound spiral arms and no ring.
Bright blue areas of star formation can be seen in the spiral arms, while the yellowish central nucleus contains older-population stars. NGC 1309 is one of over 200 members of the Eridanus
NGC 48
The New General Catalogue object NGC 48 is a barred spiral galaxy located approximately 79.3 million light-years from the Solar System in the constellation Andromeda.
See also.
- Spiral galaxy
- List of NGC objects (1–1000)
- Andromeda (constellation)
External links.
- http://spider.seds.org/ngc/ngc.cgi?48
- http://spider.seds.org/ngc/ngc_fr.cgi?48
- http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC48
- http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-S?NGC+48
- Базы данных про объекты NGC/IC