NGC 1071
| Galaxy NGC 1071 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 43 m 07.8 s |
| declination | -08 ° 46 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) a / Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 160 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.038243 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 11,465 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(511 ± 36) x 10 6 ly (156.8 ± 11.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1071 • PGC 10290 • MCG -02-07-077 • 2MASX J02430783-0846261 • GALEX ASC J024307.79-084625.9 | |
NGC 1071 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 511 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 185,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1033 , NGC 1048 , NGC 1064 , NGC 1069 , among others .
The property was discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth in 1886 .
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