NGC 1160

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Galaxy
NGC 1160
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NGC 1160 [1] SDSS image
NGC 1160 SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation Perseus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 1160  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1160
  4. Seligman