NGC 1078
| Galaxy NGC 1078 |
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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 44 m 08.0 s |
| declination | -09 ° 27 ′ 09 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R '?) S0-: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 18 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.029314 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 8788 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(392 ± 27) x 10 6 ly (120.1 ± 8.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Frank Muller |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1078 • PGC 10362 • MCG -02-08-001 • 2MASX J02440800-0927082 • GALEX ASC J024407.97-092709.2 • USGC S094 NED01 | |
NGC 1078 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 392 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 100,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1064 and NGC 1071 .
The property was discovered by Frank Muller in 1886 .