NGC 1177

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Galaxy
NGC 1177 / IC 281
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NGC 1177 & NGC 1175 [1] SDSS image
NGC 1177 & NGC 1175 SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation Perseus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 04 m 37.13 s
declination + 42 ° 21 ′ 46.2 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S?  
Brightness  (visual) 14.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.4 mag
Angular expansion 0.4 ′ × 0.4 ′
Surface brightness 12.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.018626 ± 0.000314  
Radial velocity 5584 ± 94 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(254 ± 18)  x  10 6  ly
(78.0 ± 5.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lawrence Parsons
Discovery date November 29, 1874
Catalog names
NGC  1177 • IC  281 • PGC  11581 • CGCG  540-033 • MCG  + 07-07-020 • 2MASX  J03043715 + 4221463 • NSA 133126 • LDCE 224 NED107 • WISEA J030437.13 + 422145.8

NGC 1177 = IC 281 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 254 million light years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light years across. It probably forms a bound galaxy pair with NGC 1175 . In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1174 and IC 284 .

The object was discovered by Lawrence Parsons on November 29, 1874 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 1177  - 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 SEDS : NGC 1177
  4. Seligman