NGC 63

NGC 63 is a peculiar spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces. NGC 63 is its New General Catalogue designation. It has an apparent V-band magnitude of 12.70.^[5]

NGC 63
SDSS image of NGC 63
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pisces
Right ascension	00h 17m 45.54685s[1]
Declination	+11° 27′ 01.0220″[1]
Redshift	0.003883[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	1162 km/s[2]
Distance	60.73 ± 0.39 Mly (18.62 ± 0.12 Mpc)[3]
Group or cluster	NGC 63 Group (LGG 3)
Apparent magnitude (V)	12.70[4]
Apparent magnitude (B)	12.63[4]
Characteristics
Type	S pec[5]
Size	~36,400 ly (11.17 kpc) (estimated)[5]
Apparent size (V)	1.7′ × 1.1′[5]
Other designations
IRAS 00151+1110, UGC 167, MCG +02-01-030, PGC 1160[2][5]

Discovery

The galaxy was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on 27 August 1865.^[6]

NGC 63 Group

NGC 63 is part of the group of galaxies that bears its name. The NGC 63 group (also known as LGG 3) includes at least two other galaxies: UGC 156 and UGC 191.^[7]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)