NGC 1030
Galaxy NGC 1030 |
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NGC 1030 with LEDA 213064 (lo) & LEDA 213063 (ro) | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Aries |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 02 h 39 m 50.6 s |
declination | + 18 ° 01 ′ 27 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S0 |
Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
Position angle | 8 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.028526 ± 0.000020 |
Radial velocity | 8552 ± 6 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(385 ± 27) x 10 6 ly (118.0 ± 8.3) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | William Herschel |
Discovery date | October 25, 1786 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 1030 • UGC 2153 • PGC 10088 • CGCG 462-039 • MCG + 03-07-039 • IRAS 02370 + 1748 • 2MASX J02395060 + 1801274 • GC 579 • H III 581 • h 245 • NVSS J023950 + 180128 • USGC U140 NED05 |
NGC 1030 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation ram on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 385 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 180,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1054 and IC 248 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on October 25, 1786 .