NGC 1180
| Galaxy NGC 1180 |
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![NGC 1180 & NGC 1181 (u) [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC1180_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 1180 & NGC 1181 (u) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 01 m 51.037 s |
| declination | -15 ° 01 ′ 47.42 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 5 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.031505 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 9445 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(420 ± 29) x 10 6 ly (128.7 ± 9.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | December 31, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1180 • PGC 11435 • 2MASX J03015102-1501475 • GALEX ASC J030150.94-150148.3 • NSA 133031 • WISEA J030151.04-150147.2 | |
NGC 1180 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Eridanus at the southern sky . It is an estimated 420 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 1172 , NGC 1181 , NGC 1188 , NGC 1189 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on December 31, 1885 by the American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth .
Web links
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