NGC 60

NGC 60
NGC 60
	NGC 60 (SDSS DR14)
Observation data (2000.0 epoch)
Constellation	Pisces
Right ascension	00h 15m 58.28s
Declination	−00° 18′ 12.7″
Redshift	0.039452
Heliocentric radial velocity	11,827 ± 27 km/s
Distance	~500 Mly; (Redshift-based)
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.85
Characteristics
Type	Sc
Apparent size (V)	1'.30 × 1'.20
Other designations
	UGC 150, MCG 0-1-48, ZWG 382.37, PGC 1058

NGC 60 is an Sc type spiral galaxy in the Pisces constellation.NGC 60 is noticed for its unusually distorted spiral arms, which are commonly due to gravitational effects of neighboring galaxies, but there are no galaxies around NGC 60 to allow this.^[2]

One supernova has been observed in NGC 60: SN 2023zba (type IIP, mag. 18.8).^[3]

References

External links

Media related to NGC 60 at Wikimedia Commons
NGC 60 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
SEDS: NGC 60
RCSED: NGC 60

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