NGC 1004
| Galaxy NGC 1004 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 37 m 41.8 s |
| declination | + 01 ° 58 ′ 31 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E + |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 115 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 081-001 |
| Redshift | 0.021592 ± 0.000070 |
| Radial velocity | 6473 ± 21 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(290 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (88.9 ± 6.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | December 1, 1880 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1004 • UGC 2112 • PGC 9961 • CGCG 388-068 • MCG + 00-07-057 • 2MASX J02374181 + 0158309 • GALEX ASC J023741.92 + 015831.0 • LDCE 179 NED009 | |
NGC 1004 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E1 in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 290 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 120,000 light-years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1007 , NGC 1008 , NGC 1016 , NGC 1019 .
The object was discovered on December 1, 1880 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
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