NGC 1202
| Galaxy NGC 1202 |
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| NGC 1202 with LEDA 3104748 (ul), SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 05 m 02.5 s |
| declination | -06 ° 29 ′ 30 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc? / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 94 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.029826 ± 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | 8942 ± 17 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(398 ± 28) · 10 6 ly (122.1 ± 8.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ormond Stone |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1202 • PGC 11593 • IRAS 03025-0641 • KUG 0302-066 • 2MASX J03050254-0629298 • GALEX ASC J030502.44-062930.5 | |
NGC 1202 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 398 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter.
The property was discovered by Ormond Stone in 1886 .
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