NGC 1226
| Galaxy NGC 1226 / NGC 832 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Perseus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 11 m 05.3 s |
| declination | + 35 ° 23 ′ 13 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 95 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020511 ± 0.000103 |
| Radial velocity | 6149 ± 31 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(279 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (85.5 ± 6.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | December 6, 1879 September 17, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1226 • NGC 832 • UGC 2575 • PGC 11879 • CGCG 524-061 • MCG + 06-08-001 • 2MASX J03110535 + 3523125 • GC 5222 • GALEX ASC J031105.39 + 352312.1 • LDCE 230 NED003 | |
NGC 1226 = NGC 832 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E2 in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 279 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 130,000 ly
. a. the galaxy NGC 1227 .
The object was discovered by Édouard Stephan on December 6, 1879 .
Web links
Commons : NGC 1226 Collection of Images
