NGC 1043

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Galaxy
NGC 1043
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NGC 1043 with LEDA 1191016 [1] (u), SDSS image
NGC 1043 with LEDA 1191016 (u), SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 02 h 40 m 46.6 s
declination + 01 ° 20 ′ 35 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sb? / pec  
Brightness  (visual) 15.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.8 mag
Angular expansion 0.9 ′ × 0.2 ′
Position angle 110 °
Surface brightness 13.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.023016 ± 0.000103  
Radial velocity 6900 ± 31 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(309 ± 22)  x  10 6  ly
(94.7 ± 6.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis Swift
Discovery date October 2, 1886
Catalog names
NGC  1043 • PGC  10155 • CGCG  388-094 • 2MASX  J02404654 + 0120352 • NSA 132401

NGC 1043 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Cetus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 309 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 80,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 1032 , NGC 1038 , NGC 1073 , IC 1827 , among others .

The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on October 2, 1886 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 1043  - 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 1043
  4. Simbad