NGC 1239
| Galaxy NGC 1239 |
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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 53.7 s |
| declination | -02 ° 33 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0 ^ 0 ^ pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 44 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028830 ± 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 8643 ± 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(386 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (118.2 ± 8.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 6, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1239 • PGC 11869 • MCG -01-09-012 • 2MASX J03105371-0233116 • GC 652 • H III 262 • h 288 • LDCE 0234 NED008 | |
NGC 1239 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 386 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on January 6, 1785 by the astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .