NGC 1210

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Galaxy
NGC 1210
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NGC 1210 DSS.jpg
AladinLite
Constellation Chemical furnace
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 06 m 45.3 s
declination -25 ° 42 ′ 59 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R ') SB (rs) 0+  
Brightness  (visual) 12.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.6 mag
Angular expansion 1.0 ′ × 0.9 ′
Position angle 156 °
Surface brightness 12.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.012936 ± 0.000023  
Radial velocity 3878 ± 7 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(170 ± 12)  ·  10 6  ly
(52.0 ± 3.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery Ormond Stone
Discovery date November 13, 1885
Catalog names
NGC  1210 • PGC  11666 • ESO  480-031 • MCG  -04-08-024 • 2MASX  J03064535-2542594 • SGC  030435-2554.7 • GALEX ASC J030645.35-254259.9

NGC 1210 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Fornax south of the southern sky . It is estimated to be 110 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1201 and IC 1895 .

The object was discovered by Ormond Stone on November 13, 1885 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 1210
  3. Seligman