NGC 1288
| Galaxy NGC 1288 |
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| Image taken with the Very Large Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Chemical furnace |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 17 m 13.2 s |
| declination | −32 ° 34 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.3 ′ × 1.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 166 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015137 +/- 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 4538 +/- 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(198 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (60.7 ± 4.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 19, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1288 • PGC 12204 • ESO 357-013 • MCG -05-08-025 • IRAS 03152-3245 • 2MASX J03171317-3234330 • SGC 031512-3245.5 • HIPASS J0317-32 | |
NGC 1288 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Fornax the southern sky . It is estimated to be 198 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 135,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 1913 .
On July 17, 2006, the amateur astronomer Berto Monrad discovered the Type Ia supernova SN 2006dr with his 30 centimeter telescope .
The object was discovered on November 19, 1835 by the astronomer John Herschel .
Web links
Commons : NGC 1288 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- astronews: A supernova in NGC 1288 September 3, 2007
- astronews: Picture of the day November 8, 2012