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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
GiG
Redshift
z = 0.013076
Coordinates
RA 44.7332° · Dec -12.3987°
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Key facts

Constellation
Eridanus
Distance
55 Mpc
Apparent magnitude v
~13
Type
E?
Apparent size v
108.5"

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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Eridanus
Distance from Earth
52.71
Image
NGC 1162 DSS.jpg
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catalog code
LEDA 11274
radial velocity
3894
discoverer or inventor
William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1785-11-27
redshift
0.013139
apparent magnitude
9.006
galaxy morphological type
E
right ascension
44.7333875
declination
-12.3985417
epoch
J2000.0
Commons category
NGC 1162
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 1162 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Eridanus. It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on November 27, 1785. The galaxy lies approximately 55 million parsecs away from Earth and is classified as a type E galaxy, indicating an elliptical galaxy.

Discovery

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 1162” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.