lenticular galaxy
A lenticular galaxy (denoted S0) is a type of galaxy intermediate between an elliptical (denoted E) and a spiral galaxy in galaxy morphological classification schemes. It contains a large-scale disc but does not have large-scale spiral arms. L ...
NGC 68 group
VV 166, sometimes also called the NGC 70 galaxy group or ''Arp 113'', is a cluster of galaxies in Andromeda. The main group was discovered in 1784 by William Herschel, who listed the galaxies as a single object. Later, in the 1880s, John Louis Em ...
, in the constellation Andromeda. The galaxy was discovered on September 11, 1784, by
William Herschel
Frederick William Herschel (; german: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel; 15 November 1738 – 25 August 1822) was a German-born British astronomer and composer. He frequently collaborated with his younger sister and fellow astronomer Caroline H ...
, who observed the NGC 68 group as a single object and described it as "extremely faint, large, 3 or 4 stars plus nebulosity". As such, his reported location is between NGC 68, NGC 70, and NGC 71. By the time
Dreyer
Dreyer is a common German surname originating from Grübe in Holstein Germany. Notable people with the surname include:
* Benjamin Dreyer (1958– ), American writer and copy editor
* Benedikt Dreyer (1495–1555), German sculptor, carver and pai ...
looked at the galaxies to add to the NGC catalog, however, he was able to tell that the single galaxy observed by Herschel was in fact 3 adjacent galaxies, and cataloged them as NGC 68,
NGC 70
NGC 70 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered on October 7, 1855 by R. J. Mitchell and was also observed on December 19, 1897 by Guillaume Bigourdan from France who described it as "extremely faint, very sm ...