NGC 1017
| Galaxy NGC 1017 |
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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 49.8 s |
| declination | -11 ° 00 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 50 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016265 +/- 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 4876 +/- 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(217 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (66.5 ± 4.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | September 29, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1017 • PGC 9964 • MCG -02-07-047 • KUG 0235-112B • 2MASX J02374984-1100371 • HOLM 62C | |
NGC 1017 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Scd in the constellation Cetus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 217 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 1006 , NGC 1011 , NGC 1013 , NGC 1045 .
The object was discovered on September 29, 1886 by Lewis Swift .