NGC 1294
| Galaxy NGC 1294 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Perseus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 21 m 39.9 s |
| declination | + 41 ° 21 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0-? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 426 WBL 97 |
| Redshift | 0.021965 ± 0.000177 |
| Radial velocity | 6585 ± 53 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(299 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (91.6 ± 6.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 17, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1294 • UGC 2694 • PGC 12600 • CGCG 540-117 • MCG + 07-07-076 • 2MASX J03213994 + 4121380 • GC 687 • H III 575 • h 295 • GALEX ASC J032139.88 + 412137.5 • LDCE 224 NED225 | |
NGC 1294 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is an estimated 299 million light years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years in diameter. It forms an optical pair of galaxies with NGC 1293 and is a member of the Perseus Cluster .
The object was discovered on October 17, 1786 by the astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
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