NGC 1296

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Galaxy
NGC 1296
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NGC 1296 DSS.jpg
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Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 18 m 49.71 s
declination -13 ° 03 ′ 44.8 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (rs) from / pec  
Brightness  (visual) 14.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.0 mag
Angular expansion 1.1 ′ × 0.9 ′
Position angle 0 °
Surface brightness 14.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.031115 ± 0.000093  
Radial velocity 9328 ± 28 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(414 ± 29)  x  10 6  ly
(127.0 ± 8.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery Francis Leavenworth
Discovery date 1886
Catalog names
NGC  1296 • PGC  12341 • MCG  -02-09-025 • IRAS  03164-1314 • 2MASX  J03184969-1303449 • GALEX ASC J031849.70-130343.2

NGC 1296 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 414 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 135,000 ly
. a. the galaxies NGC 1290 , NGC 1295 , IC 317 .

The object was discovered in 1886 by the astronomer Francis Leavenworth .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1296
  3. Seligman