NGC 147

NGC 147 is the designation of a dwarf galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia. NGC 147 has an angular extent of 13.2 '× 7.9 ' and an apparent visual brightness of 9.4 mag. It is a companion galaxy of the Andromeda galaxy and, together with NGC 185 a pair.

Discovery

The dwarf galaxy was discovered on September 8, 1829 by the German - British astronomer John Frederick William Herschel. The membership of the local group was confirmed in 1944 by Walter Baade, as he could of individual stars with the 100 -inch telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory.

Declination Radial velocity Light-year Intrinsic brightness Solar mass New General Catalogue Uppsala General Catalogue Catalogue of Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies List of NGC objects NGC 145 Triangulum Galaxy Messier 32 Messier 110 Andromeda I Andromeda II Andromeda III Andromeda V Andromeda VIII Andromeda IX Andromeda X Andromeda XI
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