NGC 51
{{Short description|Galaxy in constellation Andromeda}}
{{infobox galaxy
| name = NGC 51
| image = File:NGC 51 ps1.png
| caption = NGC 51 with PanSTARRS
| epoch = 2000.0
| dist_ly = {{cvt|250|Mly|Mpc|lk=on}}
| constellation name = Andromeda
| h_radial_v = {{nowrap|5531 km/s}}
| names = {{odlist|MCG=+08-01-035|PGC=974}}
}}
NGC 51 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Andromeda. It has a diameter of 90,000 light-years. The galaxy was discovered on September 7, 1885, by Lewis Swift, who described it as "Pretty faint, pretty small, round, brighter middle."
One supernova has been observed in NGC 51. SN 2016gxp (type Ia, mag. 18.6), was discovered by POSS on October 5, 2016.{{cite web | website=Transient Name Server | title=SN{{nbsp}}2016gxp | url=https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2016gxp | publisher = IAU | access-date=8 May 2025}}
See also
References
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| colwidth = 40em
| refs =
{{cite web
| title = New General Catalog Objects: NGC 50 - 99
| url = http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0a.htm
| access-date = 2013-07-31
}}
| title = NGC 51 >> Deep Sky Objects Browser
| url = http://dso-browser.com/dso/info/NGC/51
| access-date = 2013-07-31
| archive-date = 2013-10-16
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131016085653/http://dso-browser.com/dso/info/NGC/51
| url-status = dead
}}
{{cite web
| title = NGC 51 - Galaxy - WIKISKY
| url = http://server1.wikisky.org/starview?object=NGC+51
| access-date = 2013-07-31
}}
{{cite simbad
|title=NGC 51
|access-date=16 January 2017}}
}}
External links
- {{commons category-inline}}
- {{Sky-Map.org}}
- [http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC51 SEDS]
{{NGC objects:1-499}}
{{Astronomical catalogs|NGC=51|PGC=974}}
{{Andromeda (constellation)}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:NGC 0051}}
Category:Andromeda (constellation)
Category:Discoveries by Lewis Swift
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