NGC 1219

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Galaxy
NGC 1219
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NGC 1219 DSS.jpg
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 08 m 28.0 s
declination + 02 ° 06 ′ 31 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SA (s) bc  
Brightness  (visual) 13.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.8 mag
Angular expansion 1 ′ × 0.8 ′
Position angle 30 °
Surface brightness 12.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.020574 ± 0.000040  
Radial velocity 6168 ± 12 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(276 ± 19)  ·  10 6  ly
(84.5 ± 5.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery Alberth Marth
Discovery date September 9, 1864
Catalog names
NGC  1219 • UGC  2556 • PGC  11752 • CGCG  390-006 • MCG  + 00-09-006 • IRAS  03058 + 0154 • KUG  0305 + 019 • 2MASX  J03082795 + 0206308 •

NGC 1219 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Cetus. It is an estimated 276 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by astronomer Albert Marth on September 9, 1864 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1219
  3. Seligman