NGC 1079
| Galaxy NGC 1079 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Chemical furnace |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 43 m 44.3 s |
| declination | -29 ° 00 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R_1R'_2) SAB (r'l) a |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 5.5 ′ × 3.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 87 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 1097 group SSRS group 68 LGG 75 |
| Redshift | 0.004843 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 1452 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(61 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (18.8 ± 1.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 14, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1079 • PGC 10330 • ESO 416-013 • MCG -05-07-017 • IRAS 02415-2913 • 2MASX J02434435-2900123 • SGC 024135-2912.9 • GALEX ASC J024344.24-290012.6 • LDCE 187 NED002 | |
NGC 1079 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a / P in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 61 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years across.
Together with NGC 1097 , IC 1830 , PGC 10479 and PGC 10709 , it forms the NGC 1097 group .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on November 14, 1835 .