NGC 1016
| Galaxy NGC 1016 |
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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 38 m 19.5 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 07 ′ 09 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2 ′ × 2 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022209 ± 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | 6658 ± 17 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(298 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (91.5 ± 6.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | January 15, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1016 • UGC 2128 • PGC 9997 • CGCG 388-076 • MCG + 00-07-067 • 2MASX J02381955 + 0207091 • GALEX ASC J023819.68 + 020711.5 • LDCE 179 NED012 | |
NGC 1016 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E0 in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 298 million light years from the Milky Way and about 175,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1007 , NGC 1008 , NGC 1020 , NGC 1021 .
The object was discovered on January 15, 1865 by the astronomer Albert Marth .
Web links
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