PGC 10867

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Galaxy
PGC 10867
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Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 02 h 52 m 17.9 s
declination -15 ° 42 ′ 35 ″
Appearance
Angular expansion 0.95 ′ × 0.6 ′
Physical data
Redshift 0.029924 ± 0.000127  
Radial velocity (8971 ± 38) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(399 ± 28)  ·  10 6  ly
(122.3 ± 8.6)  Mpc 
diameter 115,000 ly
history
discovery Herbert Howe
Catalog names
PGC  10867 • MCG  -03-08-036 • 2MASX  J02521794-1542347 • LDCE 0198 NED014

PGC 10867 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Whale in the southern sky . It is around 399 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 115,000 light years .
In old databases this galaxy is incorrectly equated with NGC 1105 .

The object was discovered by Herbert Howe .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. Seligman