NGC 1175

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Galaxy
NGC 1175
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SDSS image of NGC 1177 (top) & NGC 1175 [1]
SDSS image of NGC 1177 (top) & NGC 1175
AladinLite
Constellation Perseus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 04 m 32.35 s
declination + 42 ° 20 ′ 21.5 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SA (r) 0+  
Brightness  (visual) +12.9 mag
Brightness  (B-band) +13.8 mag
Angular expansion 1.9 ′ × 0.6 ′
Position angle 153 °
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.018423 ± 0.000050  
Radial velocity 5523 ± 15 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(252 ± 18)  x  10 6  ly
(77.2 ± 5.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date October 24, 1786
Catalog names
NGC  1175 • UGC  2515 • PGC  11578 • CGCG  540-032 • MCG  + 07-07-019 • 2MASX  J03043236 + 4220213 • GC  637 • H  II 607 ​​• LDCE 224 NED106 • NSA 155406 • WISEA J030432.36 + 422021.6

NGC 1175 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is an estimated 252 million light years from the Milky Way and about 140,000 light years in diameter. It probably forms a bound galaxy pair with NGC 1177 . In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1174 and IC 284 .

The object was discovered on October 24, 1786 by the German-British astronomer William Herschel .

Web links

Commons : NGC 1175  - 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 1175
  4. Seligman