NGC 1116

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Galaxy
NGC 1116
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NGC 1116 DSS.jpg
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Constellation Aries
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 02 h 50 m 35.7 s
declination + 13 ° 20 ′ 06 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sab  
Brightness  (visual) 14.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.1 mag
Angular expansion 1.3 ′ × 0.3 ′
Position angle 27 °
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.025434 ± 0.000080  
Radial velocity 7625 ± 24 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(342 ± 24)  x  10 6  ly
(105.0 ± 7.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date December 2, 1863
Catalog names
NGC  1116 • UGC  2326 • PGC  10781 • CGCG  440-021 • MCG  + 02-08-017 • 2MASX  J02503567 + 1320063 • GALEX ASC J025035.61 + 132002.2

NGC 1116 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Aries north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 342 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 140,000 ly
. a. the galaxies NGC 1115 , NGC 1117 , IC 1852 , IC 1855 .

The object was discovered by Albert Marth on December 2, 1863 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1116
  3. Seligman