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galaxy

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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 1311 is referenced by 42 other articles, and connects out to list of NGC objects (1001–2000), Horologium and epoch.

Vinony files it under Barred spiral galaxies, Horologium (constellation) and NGC objects.

Its subject is documented across 29 Wikipedia language editions.

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
Sy2
Redshift
z = 0.0019064682909573083
Coordinates
RA 50.0289° · Dec -52.1855°
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Key facts

Constellation
Horologium
Right ascension
03 20 06.9
Declination
−52 ° 11 ′ 08 ″
Redshift
0.001911 ± 0.000007
Heliocentric radial velocity
573 ± 2 km/ s
Distance
4.932 ± 1.003 Mpc
Type
SBm
Apparent size v
3.0′ × 0.8′

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
spiral galaxy
Constellation
Horologium
Distance from Earth
5.20
Image
NGC1311 - hst 10210R814GB606.png
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catalog code
APMBGC 200+095+123
discoverer or inventor
John Frederick William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1837-12-24
redshift
0.001905
apparent magnitude
10.921
galaxy morphological type
S/Ir
Commons category
NGC 1311
right ascension
50.0289417
declination
-52.1854889
radial velocity
309
epoch
J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 1311 is a nearby late-type barred spiral galaxy, occasionally described as a dwarf irregular or emission-line galaxy, and a potential weak Seyfert 2 active galaxy candidate located in the Horologium constellation. It was discovered by John Herschel in 1837.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 1311” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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