NGC 159
{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Phoenix}}
{{Infobox galaxy
| name = NGC 159
| image = File:NGC 159 DECam.jpg
| caption = DECam image of NGC 159
| epoch = J2000
| constellation name = Phoenix
| z = 0.027976{{cite web|url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+159&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|title=NED results for object NGC 0159|publisher=National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center|access-date=11 April 2017}}
| dist_ly = {{cvt|115.27|Mpc|Mly|lk=on|order=flip}}{{cite journal|title=Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey|author1=Crook, Aidan C.|author2=Huchra, John P.|author3=Martimbeau, Nathalie|author4=Masters, Karen L.|author5=Jarrett, Tom|author6=Macri, Lucas M.|journal=The Astrophysical Journal|volume=655|issue=2|pages=790–813|date=2007|bibcode=2007ApJ...655..790C|doi=10.1086/510201|arxiv=astro-ph/0610732|s2cid=11672751}}
| group_cluster =
| size = {{cvt|70630|pc|ly|lk=on|order=flip}}ESO-LV "Quick Blue" values used.
| appmag_v =
| appmag_b = 14.86{{cite simbad|title=NGC 159|access-date=11 April 2017}}
| absmag_v =
| size_v = 1.29{{prime}} × 0.45{{prime}}
| notes =
| names = ESO 150-11, PGC 2073}}
NGC 159 is a barred lenticular galaxy in the constellation Phoenix. The galaxy was discovered on October 28, 1834, by John Frederick William Herschel.
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External links
- {{Sky-Map.org}}
- [http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC159 SEDS]
{{NGC objects:1-499}}
{{Astronomical catalogs | NGC = 159 | PGC = 2073}}
{{Phoenix (constellation)}}
Category:Astronomical objects discovered in 1834
Category:Phoenix (constellation)
Category:Barred lenticular galaxies
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