NGC 1254
| Galaxy NGC 1254 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 14 m 24.0 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 40 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0 - : |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.80 × 0.7 |
| Position angle | 42 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.038163 +/- 0.000120 |
| Radial velocity | 11,441 +/- 36 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(511 ± 36) x 10 6 ly (156.7 ± 11.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | September 9, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1254 • PGC 12052 • CGCG 390-032 • MCG + 00-09-033 • 2MASX J03142387 + 0240403 • GALEX ASC J031423.87 + 024042.0 | |
NGC 1254 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type e-S0 in the constellation Cetus north of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 511 million light years from the Milky Way and about 120,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on September 9, 1864 .
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