NGC 1101

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Galaxy
NGC 1101
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NGC 1101 [1] SDSS
NGC 1101 SDSS
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 02 h 48 m 14.8281 s
declination + 04 ° 34 ′ 40.862 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Brightness  (visual) 13.0 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.0 mag
Angular expansion 1.3 ′ × 1 ′
Position angle 120 °
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.023660 ± 0.000010  
Radial velocity 7093 ± 3 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(318 ± 22)  ·  10 6  ly
(97.4 ± 6.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery Edouard Stephan
Discovery date November 22, 1876
Catalog names
NGC  1101 • UGC  2278 • PGC  10613 • CGCG  415-011 • MCG  + 01-08-003 • 2MASX  J02481480 + 0434411 • GALEX ASC J024814.75 + 043441.8 • LDCE 179 NED019

NGC 1101 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 318 million light years from the Milky Way and about 120,000 light years in diameter.

In the same area of ​​the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 1095 .

The object was discovered by Édouard Stephan on November 22, 1876 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 1101  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1101
  4. Seligman