NGC 120

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Cetus}}

{{Sky|00|27|30.09072|-|01|30|48.4591}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| image = File:NGC 120 legacy dr9.jpg

| alt = NGC 120

| caption = legacy surveys DR9 image of NGC 120

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Cetus

| ra = {{RA|00|27|30.09072}}{{cite DR2|2541140391639730304}}

| dec = {{DEC|-01|30|48.4591}}

| h_radial_v = 4057 km/s

| z = 0.0136

| dist_ly = {{cvt|51.52|Mpc|Mly|lk=on|order=flip}}{{cite journal|title=Cosmicflows-2: The Data|author1=Tully, R. Brent|display-authors=etal|journal=The Astronomical Journal|volume=146|issue=4|date=2013|page=86 |bibcode=2013AJ....146...86T|doi=10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86|arxiv=1307.7213|s2cid=118494842 }}

| group_cluster =

| type = SB00:{{cite web|url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%20120&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1|title=Results for object NGC 0120 (NGC 120)|work=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database|publisher=California Institute of Technology|accessdate=2021-02-21}}

| size =

| appmag_v =

| appmag_b = 14.8

| absmag_v =

| size_v =

| notes =

| names = {{odlist|UGC=267|MCG=+00-02-033|PGC=1693}}{{cite simbad|title=NGC 120|accessdate=2021-02-21}}}}

NGC 120 is a lenticular galaxy of type SB0? with an apparent magnitude of 13.4 located in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on 27 September 1880 by Wilhelm Tempel.{{cite web|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc1.htm#120|title=New General Catalogue objects: NGC 100 - 149|author=Seligman, Courtney|website=cseligman.com|accessdate=2021-02-21}}

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