NGC 115

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation of Sculptor}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 115

|image = File:NGC 115 ESO.jpg

|alt = NGC 115

|caption = ESO KIDS image of NGC 115

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Sculptor

| ra = {{RA|00|26|46.278}}{{cite journal |doi=10.1086/498708 |last1=Skrutskie |first1=Michael F. |last2=Cutri |first2=Roc M. |last3=Stiening |first3=Rae |last4=Weinberg |first4=Martin D. |last5=Schneider |first5=Stephen E. |last6=Carpenter |first6=John M. |last7=Beichman |first7=Charles A. |last8=Capps |first8=Richard W. |last9=Chester |first9=Thomas |last10=Elias |first10=Jonathan H. |last11=Huchra |first11=John P. |last12=Liebert |first12=James W. |last13=Lonsdale |first13=Carol J. |last14=Monet |first14=David G. |last15=Price |first15=Stephan |last16=Seitzer |first16=Patrick |last17=Jarrett |first17=Thomas H. |last18=Kirkpatrick |first18=J. Davy |last19=Gizis |first19=John E. |last20=Howard |first20=Elizabeth V. |last21=Evans |first21=Tracey E. |last22=Fowler |first22=John W. |last23=Fullmer |first23=Linda |last24=Hurt |first24=Robert L. |last25=Light |first25=Robert M. |last26=Kopan |first26=Eugene L. |last27=Marsh |first27=Kenneth A. |last28=McCallon |first28=Howard L. |last29=Tam |first29=Robert |last30=Van Dyk |first30=Schuyler D. |last31=Wheelock |first31=Sherry L. |title=The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) |journal=The Astronomical Journal |date=1 February 2006 |volume=131 |issue=2 |pages=1163–1183 |bibcode=2006AJ....131.1163S |s2cid=18913331 |issn=0004-6256 |doi-access=free }}

| dec = {{DEC|-33|40|37.56}}

| z = 0.006118

| h_radial_v = {{nowrap|1828 km/s}}

| dist_ly = {{cvt|85|Mly|Mpc|lk=on}}{{cite web|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc1.htm#115|title=New General Catalogue objects: NGC 100 - 149|author=Seligman, Courtney|website=cseligman.com|accessdate=2021-02-10}}

| type = SB(s)bc:{{cite web|url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%20115&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1|title=Results for object NGC 0115 (NGC 115)|work=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database|publisher=California Institute of Technology|accessdate=2021-02-10}}

| size = {{cvt|50|kly|kpc|lk=on}}

| names = {{odlist|MCG=-06-02-006|PGC=1651}}{{cite simbad|title=NGC 115|accessdate=2021-02-10}}}}

NGC 115 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the southern constellation of Sculptor. It was discovered by the British astronomer John Herschel on September 25, 1834. The galaxy is approximately 85 million light-years from the Sun, and is about 50,000 light-years in diameter, nearly half the size of our home galaxy, the Milky Way.