NGC 1320
| Galaxy NGC 1320 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 24 m 48.7 s |
| declination | -03 ° 02 ′ 32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa: / Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008883 ± 0.000053 |
| Radial velocity | 2663 ± 16 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(118 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (36.1 ± 2.5) Mpc |
| diameter | 70,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 20, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1320 • PGC 12756 • MCG -01-09-036 • IRAS 03222-0313 • KUG 0322-032 • 2MASX J03244870-0302322 • Mrk 607 • GC 700 • H III 197 • h 298/2530 • GALEX ASC J032448.70- 030232.9 • LDCE 244 NED003 | |
NGC 1320 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 118 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter. It probably forms a bound galaxy pair with NGC 1321 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1308 , NGC 1322 , NGC 1323 .
The Type Ia supernova SN 1994aa was observed here.
The object was discovered on September 20, 1784 by the astronomer William Herschel .
Web links
Commons : NGC 1320 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
- ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1320
- ↑ 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.
