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NGC 1300
Sign in to savebarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Eridanus
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- Sy2
- Distance
- 4,493 light-years
- Redshift
- z = 0.005252417872564807
- Morphology
- SB(rs)bc
- Coordinates
- RA 49.9210° · Dec -19.4112°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Right ascension
- 03 19 41.0253 (49.920939)
- Declination
- −19 ° 24 ′ 40.149 ″ (−19.411153)
- Redshift
- 0.005260 (1577 ± 4 km/ s )
- Distance
- 61.3 Mly (18.8 M pc )
- Type
- (R')SB(s)bc
- Size
- 130,000 ly (39.40 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 6.2 ′ × 4.1 ′
- Notable features
- Huge bar-shaped core and two spiral arms
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Part of
- Eridanus Cluster
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Distance from Earth
- 20.96
- Image
- Hubble2005-01-barred-spiral-galaxy-NGC1300.jpg
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- discoverer or inventor
- John Frederick William Herschel
- epoch
- J2000.0
- Commons category
- NGC 1300
- catalog code
- LEDA 12412
- time of discovery or invention
- 1835-12-11
- redshift
- 0.005230
- apparent magnitude
- 7.564
- galaxy morphological type
- SB(rs)bc
- right ascension
- 49.92102223136280
- declination
- -19.41115051408850
- radial velocity
- 1583
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 1300 is a barred spiral galaxy located about 69 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. The galaxy is about 130,000 light-years across. It is a member of the Eridanus Cluster, a cluster of 200 galaxies, in a subgroup of 2–4 galaxies in the cluster known as the NGC 1300 Group. It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 11 December 1835.
Nucleus
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 1300” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.