NGC 1058
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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 1058 is referenced by 478 other articles, and connects out to list of NGC objects (1001–2000), light-year and epoch.
Vinony files it under NGC 1023 Group, NGC objects and Perseus (constellation).
Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Constellation
- Perseus
- Right ascension
- 02 43 30.24
- Declination
- +37 ° 20 ′ 27.2 ″
- Redshift
- 0.001 728 ± 0.000 003
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 518 ± 1 km/s
- Galactocentric velocity
- 629 ± 5 km/s
- Distance
- 27.4 ± 4 Mly (8.40 ± 1.23 Mpc )
- Type
- SA(rs)c
- Apparent size v
- 3.801 x 3.715 moa
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Perseus
- Distance from Earth
- 9.8
- Image
- NGC 1058 (noao-n1058ferguson).jpg
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- time of discovery or invention
- 1787-01-01
- Commons category
- NGC 1058
- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 333832041095245568
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- apparent magnitude
- 9.029
- radial velocity
- 492
- galaxy morphological type
- SA(rs)c
- redshift
- 0.001728
- epoch
- J2000.0
- right ascension component of proper motion
- 1.723
- right ascension
- 40.87510301801450
- declination
- 37.34133548429910
- declination component of proper motion
- -2.006
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 1058 is a Seyfert Type 2 galaxy in the NGC 1023 Group, located in the Perseus constellation. It is approximately 27.4 million light years from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 11.82. It is receding from Earth at 518 kilometers per second (322 mi/s), and at 629 kilometers per second (391 mi/s) relative to the Milky Way.
Supernovae
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 1058” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.