NGC 1160
Galaxy NGC 1160 |
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NGC 1160 SDSS image | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Perseus |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 03 h 01 m 13.25 s |
declination | + 44 ° 57 ′ 19.5 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SBc |
Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
Position angle | 50 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.008432 ± 0.000017 |
Radial velocity | 2528 ± 5 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(118 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (36.3 ± 2.5) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | William Herschel |
Discovery date | October 7, 1784 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 1160 • UGC 2475 • PGC 11403 • CGCG 540-027 • MCG + 07-07-014 • IRAS 02579 + 4445 • 2MASX J03011325 + 4457195 • GC 629 • H III 199 • NVSS J030113 + 445717 • LDCE 224 NED100 • KPG 86A • WISEA J030113.23 + 445720.9 |
NGC 1160 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 118 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years across. Together with NGC 1161 , it forms the isolated pair of galaxies KPG 86 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 274 and IC 275 .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on October 7, 1784 .
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