NGC 1061
| Galaxy NGC 1061 |
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| Panoramic image with a 60 cm telescope of the galaxies NGC 1057 , NGC 1060 , NGC 1061, NGC 1066 , PGC 10331 and NGC 1067 (from right to left, NGC 1061 is slightly above and slightly to the left of the center of the image) and other galaxies that are not listed in the New General Catalog . | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | triangle |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 43 m 15.7 s |
| declination | + 32 ° 28 ′ 00 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Mad? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 '× 0.6' |
| Position angle | 42 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013429 +/- 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 4026 +/- 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(184 ± 13) x 10 6 ly (56.5 ± 4.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | George Stoney |
| Discovery date | December 1849 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1061 • PGC 10303 • CGCG 505-039 • MCG + 05-07-036 • IRAS 2402 + 3215 • KUG 0240 + 322 • 2MASX J02431575 + 3228000 • LEDA 10303 • LDCE 176 NED029 | |
NGC 1061 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type SD in the constellation triangle at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 184 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years in diameter.
The property was built in 1849 by George Johnstone Stoney with William Parsons telescope Leviathan discovered.
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