NGC 1064
| Galaxy NGC 1064 |
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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 23.5 s |
| declination | -09 ° 21 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) c: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 30 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.030871 ± 0.000120 |
| Radial velocity | 9255 ± 36 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(413 ± 29) · 10 6 ly (126.5 ± 8.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1064 • PGC 10249 • MCG -02-07-071 • 2MASX J02422356-0921440 • GALEX ASC J024223.56-092143.4 • USGC S094 NED03 | |
NGC 1064 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 413 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 135,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1033 , NGC 1048 , NGC 1071 , NGC 1078 , among others .
The property was discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth in 1886 .