NGC 1305

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Galaxy
NGC 1305
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NGC 1305 [1]
NGC 1305
AladinLite
Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 21 m 22.97 s
declination -02 ° 19 ′ 00.6 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R ') S0 -  
Brightness  (visual) 12.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.4 mag
Angular expansion 1.5 ′ × 1 ′
Position angle 130 °
Surface brightness 12.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.020891 ± 0.000213  
Radial velocity 6263 ± 64 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(279 ± 20)  x  10 6  ly
(85.5 ± 6.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery Heinrich d'Arrest
Discovery date January 4, 1864
Catalog names
NGC  1305 • UGC  2697 • PGC  12582 • CGCG  390-72 • MCG  + 00-09-069 • 2MASX  J03212296-0219007 • GC  5311 • GALEX ASC J032123.00-021901.0 • LDCE 245 NED004 • NVSS J032123-021900 • WISEA J032122. 97-021900.4

NGC 1305 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Eridanus at the southern sky . It is estimated to be 279 million light years from the Milky Way and about 125,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 1289 , NGC 1298 , NGC 1308 , IC 314 .

The object was discovered on January 4, 1864 by the astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1305
  4. ↑ Seligman