NGC 1006
| Galaxy NGC 1006 / NGC 1010 |
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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 34.8 s |
| declination | -11 ° 01 ′ 30 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015304 +/- 0.000037 |
| Radial velocity | 4588 +/- 11 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(204 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (62.6 ± 4.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | September 29, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1006 • PGC 9949 • MCG -02-07-044 • KUG 0235-112A • 2MASX J02373487-1101300 • HOLM 062A • LDCE 177 NED013 | |
NGC 1006 = NGC 1010 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sc in the constellation Whale south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 204 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 45,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1011 , NGC 1013 , NGC 1017 , NGC 1045 , among others .
The object was discovered on September 29, 1886 by Lewis Swift .