NGC 1300
| Galaxy NGC 1300 |
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| NGC 1300 captured with the ACS camera of the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 19 m 41.1 s |
| declination | -19 ° 24 ′ 41 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (s) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 6.2 ′ × 4.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 106 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
Eridanus Galaxy Clusters SSRS Group 72 NGC 1300 Group LGG 90 |
| Redshift | 0.005267 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 1575 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(67 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (20.6 ± 1.4) Mpc |
| diameter | 115,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 11, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1300 • UGCA 66 • PGC 12412 • ESO 547-031 • MCG -03-09-018 • IRAS 03174-1935 • 2MASX J03194107-1924408 • SGC 031725-1935.5 • GC 689 • h 2522 • HIPASS J0319-19 • AGC 22472 • LDCE 251 NED005 | |
NGC 1300 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . The center of the galaxy has an interesting spiral structure with a diameter of about one kiloparsec. It is an estimated 67 million light years from the Milky Way and about 135,000 light years in diameter. Together with NGC 1297 , PGC 12680 and PGC 12701 , it forms the NGC 1300 group .
The object was discovered on December 11, 1835 by the British astronomer John Herschel .
NGC 1300 group ( LGG 90 )
| Galaxy | Alternative name | Distance / million Lj |
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| NGC 1297 | PGC 12373 | 68 |
| NGC 1300 | PGC 12412 | 67 |
| PGC 12680 | 66 | |
| PGC 12701 | ESO 548-05 | 79 |
Web links
Commons : NGC 1300 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Hubble Heritage Project
- Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300 - Astronomy Picture of the Day from June 22, 2008.
- Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300 - Astronomy Picture of the Day from January 12, 2005 (English).
- Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300 - Astronomy Picture of the Day from October 4, 2000.