NGC 1215
Galaxy NGC 1215 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Eridanus |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 03 h 07 m 09.4 s |
declination | -09 ° 35 ′ 34 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | (R) SAB (r) a |
Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
Position angle | 65 ° |
Surface brightness | 14.8 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | HCG 23 |
Redshift | 0.016268 ± 0.000037 |
Radial velocity | (4877 ± 11) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(216 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (66.3 ± 4.6) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Lewis Swift |
Discovery date | October 21, 1886 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 1215 • PGC 11687 • MCG -02-08-055 • IRAS 03047-0946 • 2MASX J03070944-0935334 • HCG 23B • NVSS J030709-093527 • LDCE 225 NED004 • HOLM 66B |
NGC 1215 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Eridanus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 216 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years in diameter. The galaxy is listed as a member of the HCG 23 galaxy group .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1208 , NGC 1214 , NGC 1216 , IC 1880 .
The object was discovered on October 21, 1886 by the astronomer Lewis Swift .