NGC 1063
| Galaxy NGC 1063 |
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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 42 m 10.0 s |
| declination | -05 ° 34 ′ 07 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SA (r) bc: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 105 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.030831 ± 0.000037 |
| Radial velocity | 9243 ± 11 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(413 ± 29) · 10 6 ly (126.5 ± 8.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | November 16, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1063 • PGC 10232 • MCG -01-07-036 • IRAS 02396-0546 • 2MASX J02421006-0534070 • GALEX ASC J024210.22-053405.8 | |
NGC 1063 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 413 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 170,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 1041 .
The object was discovered on November 16, 1881 by Édouard Stephan .