NGC 1013
| Galaxy NGC 1013 |
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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 50.5 s |
| declination | -11 ° 30 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SA? 0+ |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 75 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.027566 +/- 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | 8264 +/- 25 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(368 ± 26) x 10 6 ly (112.9 ± 7.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | September 29, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1013 • PGC 9966 • MCG -02-07-046 • 2MASX J02375042-113026 • 2MASS J02375044-1130260 | |
NGC 1013 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Whale south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 368 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 1006 , NGC 1011 , NGC 1017 , IC 247 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on September 29, 1886 .