NGC 1116
Galaxy NGC 1116 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Aries |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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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 .