NGC 108

NGC 108 is a barred lenticular galaxy that is located at approximately 220 million light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on September 11, 1784.^[2][3]

NGC 108
NGC 108 imaged by SDSS
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Andromeda
Right ascension	00h 25m 59.73s[1]
Declination	29° 12′ 43.4″[1]
Redshift	0.015801[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	4737 km/s[1]
Distance	220 Mly (67 Mpc)[2]
Group or cluster	NGC 108 group (LGG 5)
Apparent magnitude (V)	12.1[2]
Characteristics
Type	(R)SB0+(r)[1]
Apparent size (V)	2.7′ × 1.9′[2]
Other designations
UGC 246, MCG +05-02-012, PGC 1619[1]

NGC 108 Group

NGC 108 is the namesake of the NGC 108 group (also known as LGG 5), which includes at least 5 other galaxies: NGC 97, UGC 234, UGC 310, CGCG 500-015, and CGCG 500-019.^[4]