NGC 1297
| Galaxy NGC 1297 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 19 m 14.2 s |
| declination | -19 ° 06 ′ 00 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) 0 ^ 0 ^ |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.3 ′ × 1.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 3 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
Eridanus group SSRS group 72 NGC 1300 group LGG 90 |
| Redshift | 0.005290 ± 0.000040 |
| Radial velocity | 1586 ± 12 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(68 ± 5) x 10 6 ly (20.7 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edward E. Barnard |
| Discovery date | February 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1297 • PGC 12373 • ESO 547-030 • MCG -03-09-017 • 2MASX J03191420-1905597 • SGC 031658-1916.9 • GALEX ASC J031914.06-190600.2 • LDCE 251 NED004 | |
NGC 1297 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is an estimated 68 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1300 and NGC 1301 .
The object was discovered in February 1885 by the astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard .