NGC 1117
| Galaxy NGC 1117 |
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![NGC 1117 with LEDA 10821 (o) & LEDA 200207 (m) [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC_1117_DSS_Selig.jpg)
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| NGC 1117 with LEDA 10821 (o) & LEDA 200207 (m) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aries |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 51 m 13.1 s |
| declination | + 13 ° 11 ′ 07 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 33 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025434 ± 0.000143 |
| Radial velocity | 7625 ± 43 km / s |
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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 1117 • UGC 2337 N01 • PGC 10822 • CGCG 440-022 N01 • MCG + 02-08-019 • 2MASX J02511308 + 1311068 • KPG 80A | |
NGC 1117 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Aries on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 342 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years in diameter. Together with PGC 10821 , it forms the bound galaxy pair KPG 80 .
The galaxies NGC 1112 , NGC 1115 , NGC 1116 , NGC 1127 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on December 2, 1863 .
Web links
Commons : NGC 1117 - Collection of Images
