NGC 63

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

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 63

| image = 250px

| caption = SDSS image of NGC 63

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Pisces

| ra = {{RA|00|17|45.54685}}{{cite DR2}}

| dec = {{DEC|+11|27|01.0220}}

| h_radial_v = 1162 km/s

| z = 0.003883

| dist_ly = {{cvt|18.62|±|0.12|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 = NGC 63 Group (LGG 3)

| type = S pec{{cite web|url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%2063&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1|title=Results for object NGC 0063 (NGC 63)|work=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database|publisher=California Institute of Technology|accessdate=2021-02-08}}

| appmag_v = 12.70{{cite web|url=http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%2063|title=Search specification: NGC 63|work=HyperLeda|publisher=Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1|accessdate=2021-02-08}}

| appmag_b = 12.63

| absmag_v =

| size = ~{{convert|11.17|kpc|ly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}} (estimated){{r|NED}}

| size_v = {{Val|1.7|×|1.1|u=arcminute}}{{r|NED}}

| notes =

| names = {{odlist | IRAS= 00151+1110 | UGC= 167 | MCG= +02-01-030 | PGC= 1160}}{{cite simbad|title=NGC 63|accessdate=2021-02-08}}{{r|NED}}

}}

NGC 63 is a peculiar spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces. NGC 63 is its New General Catalogue designation. It has an apparent V-band magnitude of 12.70.

Discovery

The galaxy was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on 27 August 1865.{{cite web|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0a.htm#63|title=New General Catalogue objects: NGC 50 - 99|author=Seligman, Courtney|website=cseligman.com|accessdate=2021-02-08}}

NGC 63 Group

NGC 63 is part of the group of galaxies that bears its name. The NGC 63 group (also known as LGG 3) includes at least two other galaxies: UGC 156 and UGC 191.{{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}}

See also

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