NGC 1005
| Galaxy NGC 1005 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Perseus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| 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 |
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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 .