Pattern Recognition - 197

Find out the next number in the series.
23 , 9 , 34 , 64 , 42 , 16 , 51 , _ ,..............................

Answer

23 , 9 , 34 , 64 , 42 , 16 , 51 , _ ,..............................

9 = 3 ^ 2 
64= 4 ^ 3
16 = 2 ^ 4

Next number 

1  = 1 ^ 5

23 , 9 , 34 , 64 , 42 , 16 , 51 , 1 ,..............................