NGC 31 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Phoenix. It was discovered on October 28, 1834 by the astronomer John Herschel.[5] Its morphological type is SB(rs)cd, meaning that it is a late-type barred spiral galaxy.[3]
NGC 31 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Phoenix |
Right ascension | 00h 10m 38.384s[1] |
Declination | −56° 59′ 11.41″[1] |
Redshift | 0.03203[2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 9447 km/s[2] |
Distance | 454.3 ± 31.9 Mly (139.30 ± 9.77 Mpc)[3] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.58[4] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SB(rs)cd[3] |
Other designations | |
PGC 751[2] |