NGC 1151
| Galaxy NGC 1151 |
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![NGC 1151 & NGC 1150 (u) [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC_1151_DSS.jpg)
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| NGC 1151 & NGC 1150 (u) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 57 m 04.627 s |
| declination | -15 ° 00 ′ 46.94 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | cE0: |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 10 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.030381 ± 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | 9108 ± 24 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(405 ± 28) · 10 6 Lj (124.1 ± 8.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | December 31, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1151 • PGC 11147 • 2MASX J02570461-1500466 • GALEX ASC J025704.55-150047.7 • WISEA J025704.62-150046.9 | |
NGC 1151 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E3 in the constellation Eridanus at the southern sky . It is estimated to be 405 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years in diameter. It probably forms a bound galaxy pair with NGC 1150 .
The galaxies NGC 1157 , NGC 1158 , IC 276 , IC 1866 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Francis Leavenworth on December 31, 1885 .
Web links
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