NGC 1172
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Vinony files it under Astronomical objects discovered in 1785, Discoveries by William Herschel and Elliptical galaxies.
Vinony links it to 29 Wikipedia language editions.
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiP
- Redshift
- z = 0.00548
- Morphology
- E
- Coordinates
- RA 45.4003° · Dec -14.8365°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Right ascension
- 03 01 36.06150
- Declination
- −14 ° 50 ′ 11.4965 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 1638 km/s
- Distance
- 69.08 ± 0.46 Mly (21.18 ± 0.14 Mpc )
- Type
- E
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- elliptical galaxy
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Distance from Earth
- 21.48
- Image
- NGC 1172.jpg
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- catalog code
- LEDA 11420
- Commons category
- NGC 1172
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1785-12-30
- redshift
- 0.005480
- apparent magnitude
- 9.215
- galaxy morphological type
- E...
- right ascension
- 45.40025623236580
- declination
- -14.83652679601430
- radial velocity
- 1638
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 1172 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Eridanus. It was discovered by William Herschel on December 30, 1785.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 1172” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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