NGC 1069
| Galaxy NGC 1069 |
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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 59.8 s |
| declination | -08 ° 17 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) c / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 145 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 1069 group |
| Redshift | 0.031819 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | (9539 ± 7) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(425 ± 30) x 10 6 ly (130.4 ± 9.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | September 29, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1069 • PGC 10285 • MCG -01-07-038 • IRAS 02405-0829 • 2MASX J02425985-0817223 • GALEX ASC J024259.90-081722.9 • LDCE 184 NED002 | |
NGC 1069 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble-type Sc in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 425 million light years from the Milky Way and about 175,000 light years across. In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1047 , NGC 1048 , NGC 1052 , NGC 1071 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on September 29, 1886 .
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