NGC 1022

galaxy

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Vinony's link graph records 717 inbound references to NGC 1022, and connects out to list of NGC objects (1001–2000), list of NGC objects (1–1000) and light-year.

Vinony files it under Astronomical objects discovered in 1785, Barred spiral galaxies and Cetus.

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Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: GiG
Redshift: z = 0.0049154729915446005
Morphology: SBa
Coordinates: RA 39.6363° · Dec -6.6774°

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Key facts

Constellation: Cetus
Right ascension: 02 38 32.74
Declination: −06 ° 40 ′ 38.96 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity: 1,453 km/s
Distance: 67.7 Mly (20.75 Mpc )
Apparent magnitude v: 11.34 ± 0.13
Apparent magnitude b: 12.09 ± 0.13
Type: SBa , (R')SB(s)a;HII , SBa(r)p
Apparent size v: 2.4 ′ × 2.0′

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: spiral galaxy
Constellation: Cetus
Distance from Earth: 19.48
Image: NGC1022 - SDSS DR14.jpg

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radial velocity: 1543
catalog code: LEDA 10010
Commons category: NGC 1022
time of discovery or invention: 1785-09-10
discoverer or inventor: William Herschel
redshift: 0.005013
apparent magnitude: 11.138
galaxy morphological type: SBa
right ascension: 39.6362625
declination: -6.6773889
epoch: J2000.0

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 1022 is a barred spiral galaxy located approximately 68 million light years away in the equatorial constellation of Cetus. It was discovered on September 10, 1785, by William Herschel. NGC 1022 is a member of the Cetus-Aries group of galaxies.

This galaxy has a morphological classification SBa, indicating a central bar and tightly wound spiral arms. The elliptical outline of the galaxy has an isophotal axis ratio of 0.78 with an angular size of 2.4′ by 2.0′ and a position angle of 115°. The galactic plane is inclined at an angle of 24° to the line of sight from the Earth. The central bar is boxy in shape with narrow spurs that are offset from the main axis.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 1022” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.