NGC 1022
| Galaxy NGC 1022 |
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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 32.7 s |
| declination | -06 ° 40 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (s) a / HII / Sbrst |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.4 ′ × 2.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 12 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 988 group NGC 1052 group LGG 71 |
| Redshift | 0.004847 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 1453 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(65 ± 5) x 10 6 ly (19.8 ± 1.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 10, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1022 • PGC 10010 • MCG -01-07-025 • IRAS 02360-0653 • 2MASX J02383270-0640386 • GC 574 • H I 102 • h 244 • NVSS J023832-064039 • LDCE 182 NED003 | |
NGC 1022 is a barred spiral galaxy with a high rate of star formation of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 65 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 961 , NGC 991 , NGC 1051 , IC 243 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on September 10, 1785 .
High-resolution image of the center of NGC 1022, taken with the Hubble Space Telescope
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