NGC 1107

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Galaxy
NGC 1107
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NGC 1107 DSS.jpg
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Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 02 h 49 m 19.61 s
declination + 08 ° 05 ′ 33.5 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Brightness  (visual) 12.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.5 likes
Angular expansion 1.8 ′ × 1.5 ′
Position angle 140 °
Surface brightness 13.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.011421 ± 0.000093  
Radial velocity 3424 ± 28 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(154 ± 11)  ·  10 6  ly
(47.3 ± 3.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date September 2, 1864
Catalog names
NGC  1107 • UGC  2307 • PGC  10683 • CGCG  415-013 • MCG  + 01-08-006 • 2MASX  J02491961 + 0805334 • GALEX ASC J024919.45 + 080532.3 • HOLM 063A

NGC 1107 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 154 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 ly in diameter.

The object was discovered on September 2, 1864 by the astronomer Albert Marth .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1107
  3. Seligman