NGC 1258
| Galaxy NGC 1258 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 14 m 05.5 s |
| declination | -21 ° 46 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) cd: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 17 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Eridanus cluster |
| Redshift | 0.004980 ± 0.000026 |
| Radial velocity | 1493 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(63 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (19.4 ± 1.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | November 19, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1258 • PGC 12034 • ESO 547-024 • MCG -04-08-053 • IRAS F03118-2157 • 2MASX J03140547-2146271 • SGC 031151-2157.6 • GALEX ASC J031405.52-214627.7 • USGC S116 NED02 | |
NGC 1258 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is an estimated 63 million light-years from the Milky Way , about 25,000 light-years across, and is a member of the Eridanus Galaxy Cluster .
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 1256 .
The object was discovered on November 19, 1886 by astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth using a 26-inch telescope.