NGC 1203
| Galaxy NGC 1203 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 05 m 14.4 s |
| declination | -14 ° 22 ′ 41 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E + E |
| Brightness (visual) | 1: 13.8 mag 2: 15.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 1: 14.8 mag 2: 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1: 0.7 / 0.6 2: 0.3 / 0.3 |
| Surface brightness | 1: 12.9 mag / arcmin² 2: 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.031162 ± 0.000143 |
| Radial velocity | 9342 ± 43 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(415 ± 29) x 10 6 ly (127.3 ± 8.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | January 1, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1203 • PGC 11599/11603 • MCG -03-08-070 / 71 • | |
NGC 1203 is a pair of galaxies in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is an estimated 415 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on January 1, 1886 by the American astronomer Francis Leavenworth .