NGC 1080
| Galaxy NGC 1080 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 45 m 09.9 s |
| declination | -04 ° 42 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) c: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 174 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026168 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 7845 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(350 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (107.4 ± 7.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | October 21, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1080 • PGC 10416 • MCG -01-08-003 • IRAS 02426-0455 • KUG 0242-049 • 2MASX J02450993-0442388 • GALEX ASC J024510.04-044238.5 | |
NGC 1080 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 350 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years in diameter.
The supernova SN 2009I was observed here.
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on October 21, 1886 .