NGC 1249
| Galaxy NGC 1249 |
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| NGC 1249 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Pendulum clock |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 10 m 01.23 s |
| declination | -53 ° 20 ′ 08.7 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) dm |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4.7 ′ × 2.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 86 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | SSRS group 13 IC 1954 group LGG 93 |
| Redshift | 0.003576 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | 1072 ± 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(41 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (12.7 ± 0.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 5, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1249 • PGC 11836 • ESO 155-006 • IRAS 03085-5331 • 2MASX J03100123-5320086 • SGC 030835-5331.4 • HIPASS J0310-53 • LDCE 266 NED001 | |
NGC 1249 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Horologium in the southern sky . It is an estimated 41 million light years from the Milky Way , about 65,000 light years in diameter, and is accompanied by the dwarf galaxy 6dFGS gJ031016.3-531953 . Together with four other galaxies, it forms the IC 1954 group ( LGG 93 ).
The object was discovered by John Herschel on December 5, 1834 .
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