NGC 1159
| Galaxy NGC 1159 |
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![NGC 1159 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC1159_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 1159 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Perseus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 00 m 46.52 s |
| declination | + 43 ° 09 ′ 45.2 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 123 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008783 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 2633 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(123 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (37.6 ± 2.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | December 2, 1883 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1159 • UGC 2467 • PGC 11383 • CGCG 540-023 • IRAS 02575 + 4257 • 2MASX J03004652 + 4309451 • GALEX ASC J030046.54 + 430945.6 • NVSS J030046 + 430943 • WISEA J030046.57 + 430945.4 | |
NGC 1159 is a lenticular dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type S0 with a high rate of star formation in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 123 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 20,000 light-years across .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1164 and NGC 1171 .
The object was discovered by Édouard Stephan on December 2, 1883 .