NGC 1094
Galaxy NGC 1094 |
|
---|---|
NGC 1094 & LEDA 10560 (above) | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | whale |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
|
Right ascension | 02 h 47 m 27.8 s |
declination | -00 ° 17 ′ 06 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SAB (s) off |
Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 1 ′ |
Position angle | 85 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.021562 ± 0.000057 |
Radial velocity | 6464 ± 17 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(289 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (88.6 ± 6.2) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | William Herschel |
Discovery date | November 7, 1785 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 1094 • UGC 2262 • PGC 10559 • CGCG 389-016 • MCG + 00-08-015 • IRAS 02449-0029 • 2MASX J02472781-0017063 • GC 608 • H III 462 • h 267 • NVSS J024727-001703 • USGC U149 NED05 |
NGC 1094 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 289 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 110,000 ly. Together with PGC 10560 , it probably forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair .
The galaxies NGC 1087 , NGC 1090 , NGC 1104 , IC 264 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on November 7, 1785 .
Web links
Commons : NGC 1094 - collection of images, videos, and audio files