NGC 1040

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Galaxy
NGC 1040 / NGC 1053
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NGC 1040 with LEDA 10312 (below) [1]
NGC 1040 with LEDA 10312 (below)
AladinLite
Constellation Perseus
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 02 h 43 m 12.4 s
declination + 41 ° 30 ′ 02 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Brightness  (visual) 12.9 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.9 likes
Angular expansion 1.7 ′ × 0.8 ′
Position angle 40 °
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation WBL 84  
Redshift 0.016054 ± 0.000173  
Radial velocity 4813 ± 52 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(220 ± 16)  ·  10 6  ly
(67.6 ± 4.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery Édouard Stephan
Discovery date December 9, 1871
Catalog names
NGC  1040 • 1053 • UGC  2187 • PGC  10298 • CGCG  539-083 • MCG  + 07-06-060 • 2MASX  J02431242 + 4130022 • GALEX ASC J024312.39 + 413001.8 • LDCE 0224 NED058

NGC 1040 = NGC 1053 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is an estimated 220 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered by Édouard Stephan on December 9, 1871 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1040
  4. ↑ Seligman