NGC 1149

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Galaxy
NGC 1149
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 02 h 57 m 23.9 s
declination -00 ° 18 ′ 34 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0-  
Brightness  (visual) 14.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.2 mag
Angular expansion 0.6 ′ × 0.5 ′
Position angle 130 °
Surface brightness 13.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.029141 ± 0.000107  
Radial velocity 8736 ± 32 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(390 ± 27)  ·  10 6  ly
(119.6 ± 8.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Edouard Stephan
Discovery date December 2, 1880
Catalog names
NGC  1149 • PGC  11170 • CGCG  389-054 • MCG  + 00-08-058 • 2MASX  J02572383-0018340 •

NGC 1149 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type E-S0 in the constellation Whale in the southern sky . It is an estimated 390 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered on December 2, 1880 by the French astronomer Edouard Stephan .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 1149
  3. Seligman