NGC 1179

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Galaxy
NGC 1179
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NGC 1179 [1]
NGC 1179
AladinLite
Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 02 m 38.48 s
declination -18 ° 53 ′ 52.0 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (rs) d  
Brightness  (visual) 11.9 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 12.6 mag
Angular expansion 4.3 ′ × 3.8 ′
Position angle 35 °
Surface brightness 14.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.005931 ± 0.000007  
Radial velocity 1778 ± 2 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(77 ± 5)  ·  10 6  ly
(23.5 ± 1.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery Ormond Stone
Discovery date 1886
Catalog names
NGC  1179 • PGC  11480 • ESO  547-001 • MCG  -03-08-060 • IRAS  03003-1905 • 2MASX  J03023847-1853518 • SGC  030021-1905.7 • HIPASS J0302-18 • WISEA J030238.53-185352.6

NGC 1179 is a faint barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is an estimated 77 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light years in diameter.

The property was discovered by Ormond Stone in 1886 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1179
  4. ↑ Seligman