NGC 1301
| Galaxy NGC 1301 |
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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 20 m 35.3 s |
| declination | -18 ° 42 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) b? / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.2 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 140 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013166 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 3947 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(173 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (53.1 ± 3.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ormond Stone |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1301 • PGC 012521 • ESO 547-032 • MCG -03-09-022 • IRAS 03183-1853 • 2MASX J03203532-1842552 • SGC 031819-1853.7 • HIPASS J0320-18 | |
NGC 1301 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is an estimated 173 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a disk diameter of about 115,000 light years.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1297 and NGC 1300 .
The type Ic supernova SN 2009hh was observed here.
The object was discovered by astronomer Ormond Stone in 1886.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
- ↑ a b c d e SEDS : NGC 1301
- ↑ Simbad
- ↑ Seligman ( Memento of the original from September 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
