NGC 1

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox galaxy with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"| ignoreblank=y | name | image | image_scale | caption | alt | epoch | pronounce | constellation name | ra | dec | z | h_radial_v | gal_v | dist_pc | dist_ly | group_cluster | type | mass | mass_light_ratio | size | stars | appmag_v | appmag_b | absmag_v | absmag_b | mag_j | mag_h | mag_k| size_v | sbrightness | half_light_radius_pc | half_light_radius_arcminsec | h1_scale_length_pc | h1_scale_length_arcminsec | xray_radius_pc | xray_radius_arcminsec | notes | names | references }} NGC 1 is an intermediate spiral galaxy of the morphological type Sbc,<ref name="ned" /> located in the constellation of Pegasus. It was discovered on 30 September 1861 by Heinrich d'Arrest.<ref name="cseligman">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Observation historyEdit

Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 1 on 30 Sep 1861 while testing the 11-inch f/17.5 Merz refractor of the Copenhagen Observatory. He missed nearby NGC 2. This was d'Arrest's first deep sky discovery, though he was uncertain if his object was identical to h4 or h5 (both of which refer to NGC 16). His descriptions (combination of 4 observations) read "faint, small, round, 20", no concentration. In a straight line connecting two stars 11 and 14 mag." Herman Schultz observed NGC 1 three times in 1866 and 1868 with a 9.6-inch refractor at Uppsala and he also missed fainter NGC 2. The NGC 1 and 2 pair are not physically related. NGC 1 lies at a distance of ~200 million l.y. with NGC 2 at roughly 320 million l.y. <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The initial observers missed NGC 2, which is much fainter. NGC 1 appears to be quite close to NGC 2, in reality however, the two objects are far apart and unrelated. NGC 2 was first observed as a "companion" of NGC 1 by Lawrence Parsons.<ref name="cseligman" />

PropertiesEdit

At an estimated 140,000 light-years in diameter,<ref name="cseligman" /> NGC 1 is roughly the same size as our galaxy, the Milky Way, which is believed to be approximately 160,000 light-years across.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Although its apparent magnitude of 13.65 makes the galaxy appear too faint to see with the naked eye, its absolute magnitude of -22.08 makes NGC 1 two to three times more luminous than our home galaxy. The galaxy is 4.0 Mly away from the 80,000 light-years wide galaxy UGC 69, its nearest major neighbor.

NGC 1 has a visual size of 1.6' × 1.2'.<ref name="ned" /> Being classified as a SABbc class galaxy using the Hubble sequence and the De Vaucouleurs system as an extension, NGC 1 is a spiral galaxy with the presence of a weak nuclear bar and loosely wound arms.<ref name="Class">Template:Cite journal</ref> Although the central galaxy is only about 90,000 light-years across, a large, diffuse arm extends eastwards from it, possibly from a past merger.

Based on its redshift of approximately 0.015177 and thus recessional velocity of 4450 km/s,<ref name="ned" /> the distance of the galaxy from the Solar System can be calculated using Hubble's law. Using current observation data, this places the galaxy at approximately 210 to 215 million light-years from Earth, which is in good agreement with redshift-independent distance estimates of 175 to 245 million light years. An opposing measurement of the galaxy's recessional velocity of 2215 km/s would place the galaxy only about 100 million light-years away. However, this is regarded unlikely by most astronomers and believed to be a misattributed value for a different galaxy.<ref name="cseligman" />

Listing in astronomical cataloguesEdit

After being logged as the first object in the General Catalogue, the galaxy is also the first object to be listed in the catalogue's successor, the New General Catalogue.<ref name="ned">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> With an original right ascension of Template:RA at the time of the catalog's compilation (epoch 1860), this object had the lowest right ascension of all the objects in the catalog, making it the first listing in the New General Catalogue as the objects were arranged by right ascension.<ref>Dreyer, J. L. E., "New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of stars (1888)", Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society, 49. p3, Royal Astronomical Society, 1962.</ref> Since then, the coordinates have shifted, and this object no longer has the lowest right ascension of all the NGC objects.<ref>Erdmann, R.E., Jr., The Historically Corrected New General Catalogue of Nebulæ and Clusters of Stars, p12, retrieved and archived 13 June 2008.</ref>

NGC 1 is also listed in the Uppsala General Catalogue (UGC 57) and in the Principal Galaxies Catalogue (PGC 564).<ref name="ned" />

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