NGC 1077
Galaxy NGC 1077 |
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NGC 1077 & PGC 10465 | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Perseus |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 02 h 46 m 01.7 s |
declination | + 40 ° 05 ′ 30 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Sb |
Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
Position angle | 165 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.029900 |
Radial velocity | 8964 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(406 ± 28) x 10 6 ly (124.4 ± 8.7) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Lewis Swift |
Discovery date | August 16, 1885 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 1077 • 1077A • UGC 2230 • PGC 10468 • CGCG 539-095 • MCG + 07-06-069 • IRAS 02428 + 3952 • 2MASX J02460057 + 4005248 • |
NGC 1077 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is an estimated 406 million light years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light years in diameter. Together with PGC 10465 , it forms an interacting pair of galaxies.
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on August 16, 1885 .