NGC 1217
| Galaxy NGC 1217 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Chemical furnace |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 06 m 06.0 s |
| declination | -39 ° 02 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA: (s:) a pec / HII / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 50 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020974 ± 0.000050 |
| Radial velocity | 6288 ± 15 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(276 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (84.6 ± 5.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 23, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1217 • PGC 11641 • ESO 300-010 • MCG -07-07-003 • IRAS 03041-3913 • 2MASX J03060599-3902111 • SGC 030412-3913.7 • GALEX ASC J030606.08-390210.8 • LDCE 220 NED003 | |
NGC 1217 an active spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is an estimated 276 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 145,000 ly . Together with PGC 11642 , it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair .
The galaxy IC 1875 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by John Herschel in 1835 .