NGC 1100

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Object type: Sy2
Redshift: z = 0.025570963625391796
Coordinates: RA 41.4003° · Dec -17.6889°

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Key facts

Constellation: Eridanus
Right ascension: 02 45 35.80
Declination: −17 ° 41 ′ 20.00 ″
Redshift: 0.025147±0.000083
Distance: 235 Mly (71.12 M pc )
Type: SAB(r)a
Size: 176,900 ly
Apparent size v: 1.66' x 0.741'
Notable features: Maybe an unbarred spiral (?)

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Constellation: Eridanus
Distance from Earth: 74.67
Image: NGC 1100.gif

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time of discovery or invention: 1885-10-17
catalog code: [SLK2004] 338
galaxy morphological type: Sa
discoverer or inventor: Francis Preserved Leavenworth
redshift: 0.025101
apparent magnitude: 9.719
Commons category: NGC 1100
right ascension: 41.4003292
declination: -17.6889333
radial velocity: 7525
epoch: J2000.0

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 1100 is a spiral galaxy located around 235 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. NGC 1100 is situated close to the celestial equator, and it was discovered on October 17, 1885, by Francis Preserved Leavenworth. NGC 1100 is not known to have much star formation, and is not known to have an active galactic nucleus.

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