NGC 16

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

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 16

| image = NGC16 - SDSS DR14.jpg

| caption = NGC 16 (Sloan Digital Sky Survey)

| epoch = J2000.0

| constellation name = Pegasus

| ra = {{RA|00|09|04.3}}

| dec = {{DEC|+27|43|45}}

| z = 0.010340{{cite web

|title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

|work=Results for NGC 0016

|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+16&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&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

|access-date=2010-05-05}}

| h_radial_v = {{nowrap|3100 ± 17 km/s}}

| dist_ly =

| type = SAB0

| appmag_v = 13.0

| absmag_v = −20.62{{Cite web|url=https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC16|title = The galaxy NGC 16}}

| size_v = 1.8{{prime}} × 1.0{{prime}}

| notes =

| names = {{odlist|UGC=80|MCG=+04-01-032|PGC=660}}

}}

NGC 16 is a lenticular galaxy located in the Pegasus constellation. It was discovered on September 8, 1784, by William Herschel.{{cite web |last1=Seligman |first1=Courtney |title=NGC 16 |url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0.htm#16 |website=Celestial Atlas |access-date=7 November 2018}}

In the Webb Society Deep-Sky Observer's Handbook,

{{cite book

| last = Jones

| first = K. G.

| title = Webb Society Deep-Sky Observer's Handbook

| publisher = Enslow Publishers

| date = 1981

| url = https://archive.org/details/webbsocietydeeps00kenn

| isbn = 978-0-89490-134-8

| url-access = registration

}} the visual appearance of NGC 16 is described as follows:

Round, with a slightly brighter centre; the outer nebulosity is of uniform surface brightness.

File:NGC 0016 2MASS.jpg ]]

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