NGC 1009
| Galaxy NGC 1009 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 38 m 19.1 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 18 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.40 x 0.2 |
| Position angle | 124 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 081-004 |
| Redshift | 0.019430 ± 0.000059 |
| Radial velocity | 5825 ± 18 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(261 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (80.1 ± 5.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edward Swift |
| Discovery date | January 1, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1009 • UGC 2129 • PGC 9995 • CGCG 388-077 • MCG + 00-07-065 • 2MASX J02381907 + 0218361 • GALEX ASC J023819.00 + 021838.0 | |
NGC 1009 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 261 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 105,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1007 , NGC 1020 , NGC 1021 , IC 241 .
The object was discovered by Edward D. Swift on January 1, 1886 .
Web links
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