NGC 1126
| Galaxy NGC 1126 |
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| NGC 1126 with MCG + 00-08-039 (left), SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 52 m 18.6 s |
| declination | -01 ° 17 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb: / sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024594 ± 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 7373 ± 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(329 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (101.0 ± 7.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | October 31, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1126 • PGC 10868 • CGCG 389-038 • MCG + 00-08-038 • 2MASX J02521857-0117462 • GALEX ASC J025218.57-011746.0 • LDCE 202 NED006 | |
NGC 1126 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Eridanus at the southern sky . It is estimated to be 329 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 75,000 ly
. a. the galaxies NGC 1121 , NGC 1132 , IC 1856 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on October 31, 1886 .