NGC 1044
| Galaxy NGC 1044 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 41 m 03.7 s |
| declination | + 08 ° 46 ′ 07 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 ^ |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 83-004 |
| Redshift | 0.021208 ± 0.000167 |
| Radial velocity | 6358 ± 50 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(286 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (87.6 ± 6.2) Mpc |
| diameter | 95,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 7, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1044 • PGC 10174 • 2818785 • CGCG 414-038 • MCG + 01-07-023 • GC 585 • H III 228 • h 251 • | |
NGC 1044 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is around 286 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 40,000 light years. The galaxy forms an interacting galaxy pair with PGC 3080165 , which in turn acts gravitationally with NGC 1046 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on November 7, 1784 .
Web links
Commons : NGC 1044 collection of images
