NGC 1308
| Galaxy NGC 1308 |
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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 22 m 28.5 s |
| declination | -02 ° 45 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) 0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 57 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021181 +/- 0.000170 |
| Radial velocity | 6350 +/- 51 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(282 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (86.6 ± 6.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 30, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1308 • PGC 12643 • MCG -01-09-032 • 2MASX J03222854-0245255 • GC 691 • H III 568 • LDCE 0245 NED006 • GSC 4712 00135 | |
NGC 1308 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Eridanus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 282 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a disk diameter of around 100,000 ly.
The object was discovered by the astronomer William Herschel on September 30, 1786.