NGC 1005

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Galaxy
NGC 1005
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NGC 1005 DSS.jpg
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Constellation Perseus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 02 h 39 m 29.2 s
declination + 41 ° 29 ′ 20 ″
Appearance
Morphological type C.  
Brightness  (visual) 13.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.8 mag
Angular expansion 1 ′ × 0.8 ′
Position angle 65 °
Surface brightness 13.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.014370 ± 0.000107  
Radial velocity 4308 ± 32 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(198 ± 14)  ·  10 6  ly
(60.7 ± 4.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Édouard Stephan
Discovery date December 9, 1871
Catalog names
NGC  1005 • PGC  10062 • CGCG  539-071 • MCG  + 07-06-052 • 2MASX  J02392768 + 4129362 • LDCE 224 NED052

NGC 1005 is a compact elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 198 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 60,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 995 , NGC 999 , NGC 1000 , NGC 1001 , among others .

The object was discovered on December 9, 1871 by Édouard Stephan .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1005
  3. Seligman