NGC 1125
| Galaxy NGC 1125 |
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| NGC 1125 & PGC 10845 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 51 m 40.3 s |
| declination | -16 ° 39 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SAB (rl:) 0 ^ + / Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 51 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010931 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 3277 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(144 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (44.3 ± 3.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 6, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1125 • PGC 10851 • MCG -03-08-035 • IRAS 02493-1651 • SGC 024921-1651.3 • GC 615 • H III 450 • h 272 • | |
NGC 1125 is a lenticular galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 144 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 75,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 1114 .
The object was discovered on October 6, 1785 by William Herschel .
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