NGC 59 explained
| NGC 59 |
| Constellation Name: | Cetus |
| Epoch: | J2000 |
| Ra: | [1] |
| Appmag V: | 12.59 |
| Absmag B: | 13.21 |
| Type: | S0[2] |
| Dist Ly: | [3] |
NGC 59 is a lenticular galaxy[2] in the constellation Cetus. It is a probable member of the Sculptor Group. It is approximately 17 million light-years away.[3]
NGC 59 has a stellar mass of 5x108 and it is a low-luminosity, low-metallicity galaxy. It has a young (2 to 6 billion years old) low-metallicity population at its center and an older (about 8 billion years old) overlaying population that has also a low metallicity.[4]
External links
Notes and References
- 10.1086/498708 . Skrutskie . Michael F. . Cutri . Roc M. . Stiening . Rae . Weinberg . Martin D. . Schneider . Stephen E. . Carpenter . John M. . Beichman . Charles A. . Capps . Richard W. . Chester . Thomas . Elias . Jonathan H. . Huchra . John P. . Liebert . James W. . Lonsdale . Carol J. . Monet . David G. . Price . Stephan . Seitzer . Patrick . Jarrett . Thomas H. . Kirkpatrick . J. Davy . Gizis . John E. . Howard . Elizabeth V. . Evans . Tracey E. . Fowler . John W. . Fullmer . Linda . Hurt . Robert L. . Light . Robert M. . Kopan . Eugene L. . Marsh . Kenneth A. . McCallon . Howard L. . Tam . Robert . Van Dyk . Schuyler D. . Wheelock . Sherry L. . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) . The Astronomical Journal . 1 February 2006 . 131 . 2 . 1163–1183 . 2006AJ....131.1163S . 18913331 . 0004-6256 . free .
- NGC 59. 2020-05-14.
- 2014MNRAS.445..881C. The Spitzer Local Volume Legacy (LVL) global optical photometry. Cook. David O.. Dale. Daniel A.. Johnson. Benjamin D.. Van Zee. Liese. Lee. Janice C.. Kennicutt. Robert C.. Calzetti. Daniela. Daniela Calzetti . Staudaher. Shawn M.. Engelbracht. Charles W.. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 2014. 445. 1. 881. 10.1093/mnras/stu1580. free . 1408.1130.
- Sansom . A. E. . Thirlwall . J. J. . Deakin . M. A. . Väisänen . P. . Kniazev . A. Y. . van Loon . J. Th. . 2015-06-01 . The stellar populations in the low-luminosity, early-type galaxy NGC 59 . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 450 . 2 . 1338–1348 . 10.1093/mnras/stv690 . free . 1503.08054 . 2015MNRAS.450.1338S . 0035-8711.
