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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
Sy2
Redshift
z = 0.025570963625391796
Coordinates
RA 41.4003° · Dec -17.6889°
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Key facts

Constellation
Eridanus
Right ascension
02 45 35.80
Declination
−17 ° 41 ′ 20.00 ″
Redshift
0.025147±0.000083
Distance
235 Mly (71.12 M pc )
Type
SAB(r)a
Size
176,900 ly
Apparent size v
1.66' x 0.741'
Notable features
Maybe an unbarred spiral (?)

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 1100 is a spiral galaxy located around 235 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. NGC 1100 is situated close to the celestial equator, and it was discovered on October 17, 1885, by Francis Preserved Leavenworth. NGC 1100 is not known to have much star formation, and is not known to have an active galactic nucleus.

Supernova

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 1100” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.