NGC 26

NGC 26 is a spiral galaxy in the Pegasus constellation. It was discovered on 14 September 1865 by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest.^[2]

NGC 26
SDSS image of NGC 26
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pegasus
Right ascension	00h 10m 25.8591s[1]
Declination	+25° 49′ 54.982″[1]
Redshift	0.015321[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	4593 ± 1 km/s[1]
Distance	204.5 ± 14.4 Mly (62.71 ± 4.40 Mpc)[1]
Group or cluster	NGC 23 Group (LGG 2)
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.6[1]
Absolute magnitude (V)	-20.23
Characteristics
Type	SA(rs)ab[1]
Apparent size (V)	2.25′ × 1.25′[2]
Other designations
IRAS 00078+2533, UGC 94, MCG +04-01-034, PGC 732, CGCG 477-064[1]

NGC 23 group

NGC 26 is part of the NGC 23 group (also known as LGG 2) that includes at least 6 other galaxies: NGC 1, NGC 23, UGC 69, UGC 79, UGC 110, and UGC 127.^[3]