NGC 1306
| Galaxy NGC 1306 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Chemical furnace |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 21 m 03.0 s |
| declination | -25 ° 30 ′ 45 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb? / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004837 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 1450 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(61 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (18.6 ± 1.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ormond Stone |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1306 • PGC 12559 • ESO 481-023 • IRAS 03188-254 • 2MASX J03210298-2530453 • SGC 031849-2541.5 • LDCE 0237 NED006 | |
NGC 1306 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Chemical Furnace in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 61 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered in 1886 by the astronomer Ormond Stone .