NGC 1088
| Galaxy NGC 1088 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 47 m 04.4 s |
| declination | + 16 ° 12 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 99 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024050 ± 0.000117 |
| Radial velocity | 7210 ± 35 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(325 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (99.5 ± 7.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 25, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1088 • UGC 2253 • PGC 10536 • CGCG 463-011 • MCG -03-08-009 • 2MASX J02454120-0810497 • GC 607 • H III 582 • LDCE 0191 NED003 | |
NGC 1088 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Aries. It is estimated to be 325 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on October 25, 1786 .