NGC 1026

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Galaxy
NGC 1026
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NGC 1026 [1]
NGC 1026
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 02 h 39 m 19.221 s
declination + 06 ° 32 ′ 38.40 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Brightness  (visual) 12.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.7 mag
Angular expansion 1.7 ′ × 1.3 ′
Position angle 114 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.013940 ± 0.000073  
Radial velocity 4179 ± 22 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(188 ± 13)  x  10 6  ly
(57.7 ± 4.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date December 24, 1864
Catalog names
NGC  1026 • UGC  2145 • PGC  10055 • CGCG  414-033 • MCG  + 01-07-018 • 2MASX  J02391920 + 0632381 • GALEX ASC J023919.24 + 063237.1 • WISEA J023919.21 + 063238.3

NGC 1026 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 188 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light-years across.

The object was discovered on December 24, 1864 by the astronomer Albert Marth .

Web links

Commons : NGC 1026  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1026
  4. ↑ Seligman