NGC 1238
| Galaxy NGC 1238 |
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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 10 m 52.7 s |
| declination | -10 ° 44 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 110 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016545 ± 0.000110 |
| Radial velocity | 4960 ± 33 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(220 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (67.4 ± 4.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | November 1, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1238 • PGC 11868 • MCG -02-09-010 • 2MASX J03105265-1044526 • GALEX ASC J031052.68-104453.1 • HOLM 67A • LDCE 225 NED007 | |
NGC 1238 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E3? in the constellation Eridanus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 220 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 105,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1247 and IC 1897 .
The object was discovered on November 1, 1886 by the astronomer Lewis Swift .