NGC 1020
| Galaxy NGC 1020 |
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| NGC 1021 & NGC 1020 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 38 m 44.3 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 13 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 20 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023626 ± 0.000077 |
| Radial velocity | 7083 ± 23 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(317 ± 22) · 10 6 ly (97.3 ± 6.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | June 15, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1020 • PGC 10018 • CGCG 388-081 • 2MASX J02384435 + 0213526 • LDCE 179 NED014 | |
NGC 1020 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 317 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1009 , NGC 1016 , NGC 1021 , IC 241 .
The object was discovered on June 15, 1865 by the astronomer Albert Marth .
Web links
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