Astronomy:NGC 1172
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Short description: Elliptical galaxy in the constellation Eridanus
| NGC 1172 | |
|---|---|
 Hubble image of NGC 1172 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
| Right ascension | 03h 01m 36.06150s[1] |
| Declination | −14° 50′ 11.4965″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.00548[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 1638 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 69.08 ± 0.46 Mly (21.18 ± 0.14 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.75[4] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 12.76[4] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E[2] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG-03-08-059, PGC 11420[2] | |
NGC 1172 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Eridanus. It was discovered by William Herschel on December 30, 1785.[5][6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "NGC 1172". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+1172.
- ↑ Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal 152 (2): 21. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. 50. Bibcode: 2016AJ....152...50T.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Search specification: NGC 1172". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%201172.
- ↑ "NGC 1172". http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC+1172.
- ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 1150 - 1199". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc11a.htm#1172.
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