NGC 1083
| Galaxy NGC 1083 |
|
|---|---|
|
|
| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
|
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
|
| Right ascension | 02 h 45 m 40.6 s |
| declination | -15 ° 21 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb / pec / sp / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 17 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013536 ± 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 4058 ± 20 km / s |
|
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(180 ± 13) x 10 6 ly (55.1 ± 3.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | September 29, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1083 • PGC 10445 • MCG -03-08-015 • IRAS 02433-1534 • 2MASX J02454032-1521401 • GALEXASC J024540.61-152129.4 • LDCE 177 NED020 | |
NGC 1083 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type Sp in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 180 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 85,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1076 , NGC 1081 , NGC 1089 , NGC 1105 , among others .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on September 29, 1886 .
Web links
Commons : NGC 1083 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
