NGC 1248

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Galaxy
NGC 1248
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NGC 1248 DSS.jpg
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Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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  
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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1248
  3. Seligman