NGC 1216
| Galaxy NGC 1216 |
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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 18.5 s |
| declination | -09 ° 36 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 +? |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 65 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | HCG 23 |
| Redshift | 0.017922 ± 0.000040 |
| Radial velocity | (5373 ± 12) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(238 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (73.1 ± 5.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ormond Stone |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1216 • PGC 11693 • MCG -02-08-056 • 2MASX J03071837-0936454 • HCG 23C • USGC S113 NED03 | |
NGC 1216 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Eridanus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 238 million light years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 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 1215 , IC 1880 .
The property was discovered by Ormond Stone in 1886 .