NGC 1172

NGC 1172
Hubble image of NGC 1172
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Eridanus
Right ascension	03^h 01^m 36.06150^s[1]
Declination	−14° 50′ 11.4965″[1]
Redshift	0.00548[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	1638 km/s[2]
Distance	69.08 ± 0.46 Mly (21.18 ± 0.14 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)	11.75[4]
Apparent magnitude (B)	12.76[4]
Characteristics
Type	E[2]
Other designations
MCG -03-08-059, PGC 11420[2]

NGC 1172 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Eridanus. It was discovered by William Herschel on December 30, 1785.^[5][6]

References

1. Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051.
2. "NGC 1172". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
3. Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 21. arXiv:1605.01765. Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. S2CID 250737862. 50.
4. "Search specification: NGC 1172". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
5. "NGC 1172". sim-id.
6. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 1150 - 1199". cseligman.com.

External links

• Media related to NGC 1172 at Wikimedia Commons