NGC 1194

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Galaxy
NGC 1194
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 03 m 49.1 s
declination -01 ° 06 ′ 13 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SA0 +: / Sy1 / Sy2  
Brightness  (visual) 13.0 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 13.9 likes
Angular expansion 1.8 ′ × 1.0 ′
Position angle 140 °
Surface brightness 13.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.013596 ± 0.000017  
Radial velocity 4076 ± 5 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(182 ± 13)  ·  10 6  ly
(55.7 ± 3.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery Édouard Stephan
Discovery date November 23, 1883
Catalog names
NGC  1194 • UGC  2514 • PGC  11537 • CGCG  389-068 • MCG  + 00-08-078 • IRAS  03012-0117 • 2MASX  J03034909-0106129 • GALEX MSC J030349.40-010612.7

NGC 1194 is a lens-shaped galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Whale south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 182 million light years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years in diameter.

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1211 and IC 283 .

The object was discovered on November 23, 1883 by the astronomer Édouard Stephan .

Web links

Commons : NGC 1194  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 1194
  3. Seligman