PGC 1232966
| Galaxy LEDA / PGC 1232966 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 03 m 36.944 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 37 ′ 49.72 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb (f) |
| Brightness (B-band) | 17.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.58 ′ × 0.18 ′ |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019342 ± 0.000096 |
| Radial velocity | 5799 ± 29 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(255 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (78.1 ± 5.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| Catalog names | |
| PGC 1232966 • 2MASS J12033693 + 0237507 • NSA 13958 • WISEA J120336.97 + 023749.6 | |
LEDA / PGC 1232966 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb with extensive star formation in the constellation Virgo the north ecliptic , an estimated 255 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center. Together with PGC 38117, it forms an optical pair of galaxies.
In the same area of the sky there is u. a. the galaxy NGC 4116 .