NGC 1070
| Galaxy NGC 1070 |
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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 43 m 22.3 s |
| declination | + 04 ° 58 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.3 ′ × 1.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 175 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013636 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 4088 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(184 ± 13) x 10 6 ly (56.3 ± 3.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 13, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1070 • UGC 2200 • PGC 10309 • CGCG 414-045 • MCG + 01-07-026 • IRAS 02407 + 0445 • 2MASX J02432226 + 0458064 • GC 601 • H II 273 • h 263 • HIPASS J0243 + 04 | |
NGC 1070 is a spiral galaxy Sb in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 184 million light years from the Milky Way and about 125,000 light years in diameter.
The type IIb supernova SN 2008ie was observed here.
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on December 13, 1784 .
Web links
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