NGC 1076
| Galaxy NGC 1076 |
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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 29.2 s |
| declination | -14 ° 45 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 99 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.007015 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 2103 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(92 ± 7) x 10 6 ly (28.3 ± 2.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | December 29, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1076 • PGC 10313 • MCG -03-08-003 • IRAS 02411-1457 • 2MASX J02432925-1445156 • HIPASS J0243-14 | |
NGC 1076 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Cetus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 92 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 55,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1065 , IC 252 , IC 253 , IC 254 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on December 29, 1885 .
Web links
Commons : NGC 1076 collection of images
