NGC 1109
| Galaxy NGC 1109 / IC 1846 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aries |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 47 m 43.6 s |
| declination | + 13 ° 15 ′ 19 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | C. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 150 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.029687 ± 0.000113 |
| Radial velocity | 8900 ± 34 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(400 ± 28) x 10 6 ly (122.5 ± 8.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | December 2, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1109 • IC 1846 • UGC 2265 • PGC 10573 • CGCG 440-008 • MCG + 02-08-006 • 2MASX J02474359 + 1315189 • GALEX ASC J024743.42 + 131520.6 • LDCE 199 NED001 | |
NGC 1109 = IC 1846 is a compact galaxy of Hubble type C in the constellation Aries north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 400 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 70,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1111 , NGC 1112 , NGC 1115 , IC 1855 .
The Type Ia supernova SN 2007so was observed here.
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on December 2, 1863 .