NGC 1215
| Galaxy NGC 1215 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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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 |
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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 .