NGC 1092
| Galaxy NGC 1092 |
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![NGC 1092 & NGC 1091 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC1091_NGC1092_-_SDSS_DR14.png)
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| NGC 1092 & NGC 1091 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 45 m 29.6 s |
| declination | -17 ° 32 ′ 32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | HCG 21 |
| Redshift | 0.029070 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | (8715 ± 45) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(387 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (118.8 ± 8.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | October 17, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1092 • PGC 10432 • ESO 546-017 • MCG -03-08-014 • 2MASX J02452956-1732321 • SGC 024310-1745.1 • HCG 21D • NSA 132509 | |
NGC 1092 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble-type E2 in the constellation Eridanus the southern sky . It is an estimated 387 million light years from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light years across. It probably forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair with NGC 1091 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1098 , NGC 1099 , NGC 1100 , NGC 1119 .
The property was discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth on October 17, 1885 .
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