NGC 1065
| Galaxy NGC 1065 |
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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 06.3 s |
| declination | -15 ° 05 ′ 30 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024674 ± 0.000103 |
| Radial velocity | 7397 ± 31 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(329 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (100.8 ± 7.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | September 29, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1065 • PGC 10228 • MCG -03-07-059 • 2MASX J02420629-1505289 • GALEX ASC J024206.34-150528.1 • LDCE 198 NED005 | |
NGC 1065 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 329 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 75,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1076 , IC 251 , IC 253 , IC 254 .
The object was discovered on September 29, 1886 by Lewis Swift .