NGC 1213
| Galaxy NGC 1213 / IC 1881 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Perseus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 09 m 17.3 s |
| declination | + 38 ° 38 ′ 58 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) dm |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 54 ° |
| Surface brightness | 15.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011435 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 3428 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(158 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (48.3 ± 3.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis A. Swift |
| Discovery date | October 14, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1213 • IC 1881 • UGC 2557 • PGC 11789 • CGCG 524-058 • MCG + 06-07-045 • 2MASX J03091730 + 3838577 • | |
NGC 1213 = IC 1881 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sd in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 158 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 80,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 1207 .
The object was discovered on October 14, 1884 by the astronomer Lewis Swift .
Web links
Commons : NGC 1213 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
