NGC 1247
Galaxy NGC 1247 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Eridanus |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 03 h 12 m 14.3 s |
declination | -10 ° 28 ′ 52 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Sbc |
Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
Angular expansion | 3.4 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
Position angle | 69 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | LGG 84 |
Redshift | 0.013149 ± 0.000017 |
Radial velocity | 3942 ± 5 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(174 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (53.4 ± 3.7) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | William Herschel |
Discovery date | December 10, 1798 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 1247 • PGC 11931 • MCG -02-09-014 • IRAS 03098-1040 • 2MASX J03121431-1028520 • GC 660 • H II 900 • LDCE 0225 NED010 |
NGC 1247 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Eridanus at the southern sky . It is estimated to be 174 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 175,000 ly. Together with NGC 1241 , NGC 1242 , PGC 11824, and PGC 11937 , it forms the NGC 1241 group .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1238 and IC 1897 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on December 10, 1798 .
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