NGC 1121
| Galaxy NGC 1121 |
|
|---|---|
|
|
| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
|
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
|
| Right ascension | 02 h 50 m 39.2 s |
| declination | -01 ° 44 ′ 03 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 10 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008533 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 2558 ± 5 km / s |
|
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(114 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (35.0 ± 2.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | November 9, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1121 • UGC 2332 • PGC 10789 • CGCG 389-032 • MCG + 00-08-030 • 2MASX J02503921-0144025 • | |
NGC 1121 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 114 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 30,000 ly
. a. the galaxies NGC 1126 and NGC 1132 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on November 9, 1884 .