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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
Sy2
Redshift
z = 0.0036019744501794015
Coordinates
RA 47.5051° · Dec -53.3358°
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Key facts

Constellation
Horologium
Right ascension
03 10 01
Declination
−53 ° 20 ′ 09 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
1072 ± 2 km/s
Type
SB(rs)dm

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
spiral galaxy
Constellation
Horologium
Distance from Earth
14
Image
NGC 1249 DSS.jpg
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catalog code
Gaia DR2 4735271232765079680
discoverer or inventor
John Frederick William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1834-12-05
apparent magnitude
9.354
radial velocity
1031
galaxy morphological type
SBc
Commons category
NGC 1249
right ascension
47.50506044104190
declination
-53.33583459153220
redshift
0.003582
epoch
J2000.0
right ascension component of proper motion
1.912
declination component of proper motion
-1.077
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 1249 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Horologium. It was discovered by John Herschel on December 5, 1834.

Complete view of NGC 1249 with the legacy surveys

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 1249” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.