NGC 1322

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Galaxy
NGC 1322
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NGC 1322 DSS.jpg
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Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 24 m 54.7 s
declination -02 ° 55 ′ 09 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0-  
Brightness  (visual) 13.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.4 mag
Angular expansion 1 ′ × 0.8 ′
Position angle 115 °
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.020271 ± 0.000150  
Radial velocity 6077 ± 45 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(270 ± 19)  x  10 6  ly
(82.9 ± 5.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date October 5, 1836
Catalog names
NGC  1322 • PGC  12761 • MCG  -01-09-037 • 2MASX  J03245471-0255092 • GALEX ASC J032454.63-025507.0 • LDCE 245 NED008

NGC 1322 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Eridanus at the southern sky . It is an estimated 270 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1308 , NGC 1320 , NGC 1321 , NGC 1323 .

The object was discovered on October 5, 1836 by the astronomer John Herschel .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1322
  3. 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / cseligman.com