NGC 1189
| Galaxy NGC 1189 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 03 m 24.5 s |
| declination | -15 ° 37 ′ 24 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) dm: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 / 1.5 |
| Position angle | 96 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | HCG 22 LGG 81 |
| Redshift | 0.008486 ± 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | 2544 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(111 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (34.1 ± 2.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | December 2, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1189 • PGC 11503 • MCG -03-08-061 • 2MASX I J0303243-153725 • HCG 22C • HIPASS J0303-15a • LCSB L0157O • AGC 430007 | |
NGC 1189 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SB (s) dm in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is an estimated 111 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 55,000 ly. Together with NGC 1190 , NGC 1191 , NGC 1192 and NGC 1199 , it forms the compact galaxy group HCG 22.
The object was discovered on December 2, 1885 by Francis Preserved Leavenworth using a 66-cm telescope.
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