NGC 1074
| Galaxy NGC 1074 |
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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 36.1 s |
| declination | -16 ° 17 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (r) off |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.0 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 167 ° |
| Surface brightness | 15.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025558 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 7662 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(341 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (104.4 ± 7.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | November 28, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1074 • PGC 10324 • MCG -03-08-001 • IRAS F02412-1630 • 2MASX J02433613-1617496 • HIPASS J0243-16 • NSA 132466 | |
NGC 1074 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 341 million light years from the Milky Way and about 205,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1075 , NGC 1081 , NGC 1105 , IC 1840 .
The property was discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth on November 28, 1885 .