In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 1162 is referenced by 487 other articles, and connects out to star, galaxy and constellation.
Vinony files it under Astronomical objects discovered in 1785, Discoveries by William Herschel and Elliptical galaxies.
Its subject is documented across 29 Wikipedia language editions.
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.013076
- Coordinates
- RA 44.7332° · Dec -12.3987°
via SIMBAD · CDS Strasbourg
Key facts
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Distance
- 55 Mpc
- Apparent magnitude v
- ~13
- Type
- E?
- Apparent size v
- 108.5"
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- elliptical galaxy
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Distance from Earth
- 52.71
- Image
- NGC 1162 DSS.jpg
Show 11 more facts
- catalog code
- LEDA 11274
- radial velocity
- 3894
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1785-11-27
- redshift
- 0.013139
- apparent magnitude
- 9.006
- galaxy morphological type
- E
- right ascension
- 44.7333875
- declination
- -12.3985417
- epoch
- J2000.0
- Commons category
- NGC 1162
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
NGC 1162 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Eridanus. It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on November 27, 1785. The galaxy lies approximately 55 million parsecs away from Earth and is classified as a type E galaxy, indicating an elliptical galaxy.
Discovery
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 1162” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Available in 29 languages
- Français
- Deutsch
- 中文
- Русский
- Português
- Italiano
- العربية
- Azerbaijani
- Basque
- Belarusian
- Bosnian
- Chechen
- Croatian
- Egyptian Arabic
- Esperanto
- Kazakh
- Macedonian
- Nederlands
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0