NGC 1025

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Galaxy
NGC 1025
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NGC 1031 & NGC 1025 [1]
NGC 1031 & NGC 1025
AladinLite
Constellation Pendulum clock
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 02 h 36 m 19.93 s
declination -54 ° 51 ′ 51.0 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sb  
Brightness  (visual) 13.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.9 likes
Angular expansion 0.9 ′ × 0.5 ′
Position angle 6 °
Surface brightness 12.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.021502 ± 0.000150  
Radial velocity 6446 ± 45 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(282 ± 20)  x  10 6  ly
(86.5 ± 6.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date September 11, 1836
Catalog names
NGC  1025 • PGC  9891 • ESO  154-004 • IRAS  02347-5504 • 2MASX  J02361991-5451510 • SGC  023446-5504.9 • GALEX ASC J023619.82-545149.7 • WISEA J023619.94-545150.8

NGC 1025 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Horologium in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 282 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of ​​the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 1031 .

The object was discovered by John Herschel on September 11, 1836 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1025
  4. Seligman