NGC 1280
| Galaxy NGC 1280 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 17 m 57.1 s |
| declination | -00 ° 10 ′ 09 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.90 × 0.8 |
| Position angle | 55 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022816 +/- 0.000040 |
| Radial velocity | 6840 +/- 12 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(305 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (93.5 ± 6.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | December 19, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1280 • UGC 2652 • PGC 12262 • CGCG 390-051 • MCG + 00-09-050 • IRAS 03154-0021 • 2MASX J03175702-0010087 • LDCE 0236 NED005 | |
NGC 1280 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Cetus south of the celestial equator . It is an estimated 305 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on December 19, 1881 by the French astronomer Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan .
Web links
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