NGC 1172
J2000 epoch) | |
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| Constellation | Eridanus |
| Right ascension | 03h 01m 36.06150s[1] |
| Declination | −14° 50′ 11.4965″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.00548[2] |
| Heliocentric 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
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- ^ a b c d "NGC 1172". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
- S2CID 250737862. 50.
- ^ a b "Search specification: NGC 1172". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
- ^ "NGC 1172". sim-id.
- ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 1150 - 1199". cseligman.com.
External links
Media related to NGC 1172 at Wikimedia Commons
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