NGC 1179
Galaxy NGC 1179 |
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NGC 1179 | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Eridanus |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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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 .