NGC 1248
| Galaxy NGC 1248 |
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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 12 m 48.5 s |
| declination | -05 ° 13 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) 0 ^ 0 ^ |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 85 |
| Redshift | 0.007395 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 2217 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(98 ± 7) x 10 6 ly (30.0 ± 2.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 5, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1248 • PGC 11970 • MCG -01-09-016 • 2MASX J03124855-0513288 • GC 661 • H III 443 • h 292 • LDCE 0239 NED001 | |
NGC 1248 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 98 million light years from the Milky Way . Together with NGC 1222 , PGC 11885 , PGC 12068 , PGC 12130 , and PGC 11968 it forms the NGC 1222 group .
The object was discovered on October 5, 1785 by the astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .