NGC 1003
| Galaxy NGC 1003 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Perseus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 39 m 16.9 s |
| declination | + 40 ° 52 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) cd |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4.3 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 97 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 1023 group Abell 347 LGG 70 |
| Redshift | 0.002088 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (626 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(33 ± 2) x 10 6 ly (10.23 ± 0.72) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 6, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1003 • UGC 2137 • PGC 10052 • CGCG 539-070 • MCG + 07-06-051 • IRAS 02360 + 4039 • 2MASX J02391689 + 4052202 • GC 571 • H II 238, III 198 • h 240 • LDCE 160 NED012 | |
NGC 1003 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is an estimated 33 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter. The galaxy is a member of the NGC 1023 group.
The galaxies NGC 995 , NGC 996 , NGC 1000 , NGC 1005 are in the same area of the sky .
Rudolph Leo Bernhard Minkowski discovered a supernova in NGC 1003 in 1937 ; today it bears the designation SN 1937D and is assigned to type Ia .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on October 6, 1784 .
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