NGC 1038
| Galaxy NGC 1038 |
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![NGC 1038 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC1038_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 1038 SDSS image | |
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| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 40 m 06.32 s |
| declination | + 01 ° 30 ′ 31.6 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') S0 / a: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 61 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020124 ± 0.000070 |
| Radial velocity | 6033 ± 21 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(270 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (82.9 ± 5.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | October 17, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1038 • UGC 2158 • PGC 10096 • CGCG 388-090 • MCG + 00-07-076 • IRAS F02374 + 0117 • 2MASX J02400633 + 0130314 • WISEA J024006.29 + 013031.8 • NSA 132383 • USGC U137 NED04 | |
NGC 1038 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Whale south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 270 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light-years across. Presumably it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair together with IC 1827 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1016 , NGC 1019 , NGC 1032 , NGC 1043 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on October 17, 1885 .
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