NGC 1085
| Galaxy NGC 1085 |
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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 46 m 25.3 s |
| declination | + 03 ° 36 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) bc: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 15 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022646 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 6789 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(304 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (93.2 ± 6.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | September 26, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1085 • UGC 2241 • PGC 10498 • CGCG 389-008 • MCG + 00-08-010 • IRAS 2438 + 0323 • 2MASX J02462530 + 0336258 • GC 5274 • HIPASS J0246 + 03 • LDCE 179 NED017 | |
NGC 1085 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 304 million light years from the Milky Way and about 165,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 1836 , IC 1843 , IC 1844 .
The type II supernova SN 2003hk was observed here.
The object was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on September 26, 1865 .
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