NGC 1050
| Galaxy NGC 1050 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Perseus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 42 m 35.6 s |
| declination | + 34 ° 45 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (s) a / HII / Sy 2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 113 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.013012 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 3901 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(179 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (54.9 ± 3.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | September 27, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1050 • UGC 2178 • PGC 10257 • MCG + 06-06-078 • IRAS 2395 + 3433 • 2MASX J02423557 + 3445484 • GC 5272 • GALEX ASC J024235.42 + 344549.7 • LDCE 178 NED003 • KIG 116 • 2MIG 320 | |
NGC 1050 is an active barred spiral galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type SBa in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is an estimated 179 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on September 27, 1865 .