NGC 1207
| Galaxy NGC 1207 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Perseus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 08 m 15.5 s |
| declination | + 38 ° 22 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.3 ′ × 1.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 123 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 83 |
| Redshift | 0.016011 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 4800 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(219 ± 15) x 10 6 ly (67.1 ± 4.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 18, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1207 • UGC 2548 • PGC 11737 • MCG + 06-07-043 • IRAS 03050 + 3811 • 2MASX J03081551 + 3822557 • GC 646 • H III 578 • h 284 • GALEX ASC J030815.57 + 382256.3 • LDCE 242 NED001 | |
NGC 1207 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is an estimated 219 million light years from the Milky Way and about 150,000 light years in diameter. Together with NGC 1233 and PGC 12070 , it forms the NGC 1207 group .
The galaxy NGC 1213 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on October 18, 1786 .
NGC 1207 group ( LGG 83 )
| Galaxy | Alternative name | Distance / million Lj |
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| NGC 1207 | PGC 11737 | 219 |
| NGC 1233 | PGC 11955 | 201 |
| PGC 12070 | UGC 2604 | 207 |