NGC 1298
| Galaxy NGC 1298 |
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![NGC 1298 & LEDA 12491 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC_1298_DSS.jpg)
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| NGC 1298 & LEDA 12491 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 20 m 13.076 s |
| declination | -02 ° 06 ′ 50.80 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 70 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 98 |
| Redshift | 0.021522 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 6452 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(287 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (88.1 ± 6.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | January 4, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1298 • UGC 2683 • PGC 12473 • CGCG 390-063 • MCG + 00-09-062 • 2MASX J03201308-0206510 • GALEX ASC J032013.09-020649.5 • LDCE 245 NED001 • WISEA J032013.08-020650.6 | |
NGC 1298 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E3 in the constellation Eridanus at the southern sky . It is an estimated 287 million light years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1287 , NGC 1289 , NGC 1305 , IC 314 .
The object was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on January 4, 1864 .