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Q920256

galaxy in constellation Perseus

Key facts

Constellation: Perseus
Right ascension: 02 43 30.24
Declination: +37 ° 20 ′ 27.2 ″
Redshift: 0.001 728 ± 0.000 003
Heliocentric radial velocity: 518 ± 1 km/s
Galactocentric velocity: 629 ± 5 km/s
Distance: 27.4 ± 4 Mly (8.40 ± 1.23 Mpc )
Type: SA(rs)c
Apparent size v: 3.801 x 3.715 moa

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth: 9.8
Image: NGC 1058 (noao-n1058ferguson).jpg

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time of discovery or invention: 1787-01-01
Commons category: NGC 1058
catalog code: Gaia DR2 333832041095245568
apparent magnitude: 9.029
radial velocity: 492
galaxy morphological type: SA(rs)c
redshift: 0.001728
right ascension component of proper motion: 1.723
right ascension: 40.87510301801450
declination: 37.34133548429910
declination component of proper motion: -2.006

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NGC 1058 is a Seyfert Type 2 galaxy in the NGC 1023 Group, located in the Perseus constellation. It is approximately 27.4 million light years from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 11.82. It is receding from Earth at 518 kilometers per second (322 mi/s), and at 629 kilometers per second (391 mi/s) relative to the Milky Way.

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