Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiC
- Redshift
- z = 0.008763
- Coordinates
- RA 45.1938° · Dec 43.1627°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Perseus
- Right ascension
- 02h 58m 06.6s
- Declination
- −15° 07′ 05″
- Type
- Sb (Spiral)
- Apparent size v
- 0.6′ × 0.3′
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Perseus
- Distance from Earth
- 19.32
- Image
- NGC 1159 SDSS.jpg
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- redshift
- 0.008763
- radial velocity
- 2633
- epoch
- J2000.0
- catalog code
- LEDA 11383
- discoverer or inventor
- Édouard Stephan
- time of discovery or invention
- 1883-12-02
- apparent magnitude
- 11.263
- galaxy morphological type
- S0
- Commons category
- NGC 1159
- right ascension
- 45.1938458
- declination
- 43.1625278
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 1159 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Perseus. It was discovered by astronomer Édouard Stephan on December 2, 1883.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q1041882” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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