NGC 283
| Galaxy NGC 283 |
|
|---|---|
|
|
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
|
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
|
| Right ascension | 00 h 53 m 13.2 s |
| declination | -13 ° 09 ′ 50 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 154 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.037823 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 11,339 ± 10 km / s |
|
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(508 ± 36) · 10 6 Lj (155.9 ± 10.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | October 2, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 283 • PGC 3124 • MCG -02-03-031 • IRAS 00507-1326 • 2MASX J00531321-1309502 • NVSS J005313-130950 • USGC S031 NED04 | |
NGC 283 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 508 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 240,000 light-years across.
The galaxies NGC 284 , NGC 285 , NGC 286 , IC 56 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on October 2, 1886 by the American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth .