NGC 26

{{short description|Spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus}}

{{Sky|00|10|25.8591|+|25|49|54.982}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 26

| image = NGC26 - SDSS DR14.jpg

| caption = SDSS image of NGC 26

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Pegasus

| ra = {{RA|00|10|25.8591}}{{cite web|url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%2026&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1|title=Results for object NGC 0026 (NGC 26)|work=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database|publisher=California Institute of Technology|accessdate=2021-02-10}}

| dec = {{DEC|+25|49|54.982}}

| z = 0.015321

| h_radial_v = {{nowrap|4593 ± 1 km/s}}

| dist_ly = {{cvt|62.71|±|4.40|Mpc|Mly|lk=on|order=flip}}

| group_cluster = NGC 23 Group (LGG 2)

| type =SA(rs)ab

| appmag_v = 13.6

| absmag_v = -20.23

| size_v = {{Val|2.25|×|1.25|u=arcminute}}

| notes =

| names = {{odlist | IRAS= 00078+2533 | CGCG= 477-064 | UGC= 94 | MCG= +04-01-034 | PGC= 732}}

}}

NGC 26 is a spiral galaxy in the Pegasus constellation. It was discovered on 14 September 1865 by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest.{{cite web|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0.htm#26|title=New General Catalogue objects: NGC 1 - 49|author=Seligman, Courtney|website=cseligman.com|accessdate=2021-02-10}}

NGC 23 group

NGC 26 is part of the NGC 23 group (also known as LGG 2) that includes at least 6 other galaxies: NGC 1, NGC 23, UGC 69, UGC 79, UGC 110, and UGC 127.{{cite journal | bibcode=1993A&AS..100...47G | title=General study of group membership. II. Determination of nearby groups | last1=Garcia | first1=A. M. | journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series | date=1993 | volume=100 | page=47}}

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