NGC 1077

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Galaxy
NGC 1077
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NGC 1077 & PGC 10465 [1]
NGC 1077 & PGC 10465
AladinLite
Constellation Perseus
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1077
  4. ↑ Seligman