NGC 1314

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Galaxy
NGC 1314
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NGC 1314 DSS.jpg
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Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 22 m 41.1 s
declination -04 ° 11 ′ 12 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SA (rs) d  
Brightness  (visual) 14.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.9 mag
Angular expansion 1.5 ′ × 1.4 ′
Position angle 90 °
Surface brightness 14.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.013116 ± 0.000003  
Radial velocity 3932 ± 1 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(174 ± 12)  ·  10 6  ly
(53.4 ± 3.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery Francis P. Leavenworth
Discovery date January 18, 1887
Catalog names
NGC  1314 • PGC  12650 • MCG  -01-09-033 • 2MASX  J03224117-0411115 • GALEX ASC J032241.22-041110.3

NGC 1314 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Scd in the constellation Eridanus at the southern sky . It is estimated to be 174 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 75,000 ly
. a. the galaxy NGC 1304 .

The object was discovered on January 18, 1887 by the American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC Extragalactic Database
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1314
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