| NGC 78 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 78A (bottom right) and 78B (top left) | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Pisces |
| Right ascension | 00h 20m 27.482s[1] |
| Declination | +00° 50′ 00.96″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.018283[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 5079 km/s[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.5[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB0/a?(r)[2] |
| Size | 84,100 ly (25,790 pc)[2][note 1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.3′ × 0.897′[2][note 1] |
| Other designations | |
| NGC 78A:UGC 193,MGC+00-02-004,PGC 1306[3] NGC 78B:UGC 194,MGC+00-02-005,PGC 1309[4] | |
NGC 78 is a pair of galaxies in the constellationPisces.[2] NGC 78A, which is the more southern galaxy, is abarred spiral galaxy.[2] NGC 78B, which is the more northern galaxy, is anelliptical galaxy.[4] Although the designations NGC 78A and 78B are used today, the designation NGC 78 was formerly used mainly for the northern galaxy.[5]
NGC 78 was discovered no later than 1876 byCarl Frederick Pechüle.[5] It was described as "very faint, small, round" byJohn Louis Emil Dreyer, the compiler of theNew General Catalogue.[5] Because the two galaxies have different recessional velocities, the two galaxies are most likely notinteracting.[5]
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