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NGC 1175
Large lenticular galaxy in the constellation Perseus / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NGC 1175,[1] also known as the Peanut Galaxy[2], is a large lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Perseus. Its speed relative to the cosmic microwave background is 5,349 ± 19 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 78.9 ± 5.5 Mpc (∼257 million ly)[3]. It was discovered by the German-British astronomer William Herschel in 1786.[4]
Peanut Galaxy | |
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![]() The galaxy, as captured by the Hubble Space Telescope during the Gems of the Galaxy Zoos project | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Perseus |
Right ascension | 03h 04m 32s |
Declination | +42° 20’ 21” |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.8 |
Surface brightness | 23.71 mag/arcsec^2 |
Characteristics | |
Type | S0A-S0B-SABa |
Other designations | |
NGC 1175,
PGC 11578, MCG 7-7-19, UGC 2515,CGCG 540-32 |
NGC 1175 is about the same distance from the Milky Way as NGC 1177. These two galaxies form a gravitationally interacting pair[3].
To date, a non-redshift measurement gives a distance of approximately 44,900 Mpc (∼146 million ly)[5]. This value is far outside the Hubble distance values. Note that it is with the average value of independent measurements, when they exist, that the NASA/IPAC database calculates the diameter of a galaxy.[3]