PGC 11642
| Galaxy LEDA / PGC 11642 / NGC 1217-2 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Chemical furnace |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 06 m 05.8 s |
| declination | -39 ° 01 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (s) a |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 '× 0.4' |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021652 ± 0.000050 |
| Radial velocity | 6491 ± 15 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(285 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (87.4 ± 6.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| Catalog names | |
| PGC 11642 • ESO LV 300-0101 • MCG -07-07-004 • 2MASX J03060582-3901131 • GALEX ASC J030605.87-390113.9 | |
LEDA / PGC 11642 , also NGC 1217-2 , is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sab in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 285 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 40,000 ly. Together with NGC 1217 , it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair .
The galaxy IC 1875 is located in the same area of the sky .
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