NGC 1226

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Galaxy
NGC 1226 / NGC 832
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NGC 1226 DSS.jpg
AladinLite
Constellation Perseus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 11 m 05.3 s
declination + 35 ° 23 ′ 13 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E.  
Brightness  (visual) 13.0 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.0 mag
Angular expansion 1.6 ′ × 1.3 ′
Position angle 95 °
Surface brightness 13.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.020511 ± 0.000103  
Radial velocity 6149 ± 31 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(279 ± 20)  x  10 6  ly
(85.5 ± 6.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery Édouard Stephan
Heinrich d'Arrest
Discovery date December 6, 1879
September 17, 1865
Catalog names
NGC  1226 • NGC 832 • UGC  2575 • PGC  11879 • CGCG  524-061 • MCG  + 06-08-001 • 2MASX  J03110535 + 3523125 • GC  5222 • GALEX ASC J031105.39 + 352312.1 • LDCE 230 NED003

NGC 1226 = NGC 832 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E2 in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 279 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 130,000 ly
. a. the galaxy NGC 1227 .

The object was discovered by Édouard Stephan on December 6, 1879 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 1226  Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1226
  3. Seligman