NGC 1181
| Galaxy NGC 1181 |
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![NGC 1181 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC1181_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 1181 SDSS image | |
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| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 01 m 42.76 s |
| declination | -15 ° 03 ′ 08.4 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0: |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 100 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.031428 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 9422 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(419 ± 29) · 10 6 ly (128.4 ± 9.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | December 31, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1181 • PGC 11427 • 2MASX J03014274-1503085 • 2MASS J03014276-1503084 • NSA 133022 • WISEA J030142.77-150308.5 | |
NGC 1181 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Eridanus at the southern sky . It is estimated to be 419 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1172 , NGC 1180 , NGC 1188 , NGC 1189 , among others .
The object was discovered on December 31, 1885 by the American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth .
Web links
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