NGC 1227
| Galaxy NGC 1227 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Perseus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 11 m 07.7 s |
| declination | + 35 ° 19 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SB (s) 0+ |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 63 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018536 ± 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | 5557 ± 25 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(252 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (77.4 ± 5.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | January 10, 1880 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1227 • UGC 2577 • PGC 11880 • CGCG 524-062 • 2MASX J03110774 + 3519296 • LDCE 230 NED004 | |
NGC 1227 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 252 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 75,000 ly
. a. the galaxy NGC 1226 .
The object was discovered on January 10, 1880 by the French astronomer Édouard Stephan .
Web links
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