NGC 1152

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Galaxy
NGC 1152
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 02 h 57 m 33.6 s
declination -07 ° 45 ′ 32 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Brightness  (visual) 14.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.5 mag
Angular expansion 0.9 ′ × 0.6 ′
Position angle 29 °
Surface brightness 13.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.017576 ± 0.000077  
Radial velocity 5269 ± 23 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(234 ± 16)  x  10 6  ly
(71.8 ± 5.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis Swift
Discovery date November 10, 1885
Catalog names
NGC  1152 • PGC  11182 • MCG  -01-08-019 • 2MASX  J02573365-0745313 • GALEX ASC J025733.60-074533.1 • LDCE 207 NED006

NGC 1152 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is an estimated 234 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxy NGC 1148 is located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on November 10, 1885 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1152
  3. Seligman