NGC 1077

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NGC 1077
NGC 1077 DSS.jpg
DSS image of NGC 1077 (right) and NGC 1077B (left)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Perseus
Right ascension 02h 46m 00.570s [1]
Declination +40° 05′ 24.82″ [1]
Redshift 0.029900 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 8964 km/s [2]
Distance 395.4  Mly (121.23  Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (B)14.6 [4]
Characteristics
Type Sb [4]
Apparent size  (V)0.973′ × 0.740′ [1]
Other designations
UGC 2230, MGC+07-06-069, PGC 10468 [4]

NGC 1077 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Perseus. It was discovered on 16 August 1886 by Lewis A. Swift. [5] It was described as "very faint, pretty large, extended" by John Louis Emil Dreyer, the compiler of the New General Catalogue. [5]

NGC 1077 is a galaxy pair with another galaxy appearing close to it. This galaxy, NGC 1077B, has a recessional velocity of 8529 km/s. [6] This is similar to NGC 1077's recessional velocity of 8964 km/s, so they are assumed to be physically related. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi: 10.1086/498708 . ISSN   0004-6256. S2CID   18913331.
  2. 1 2 "NED results for object NGC 1077". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center . Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  3. ↑ Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal. 655 (2): 790–813. arXiv: astro-ph/0610732 . Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C. doi:10.1086/510201. S2CID   11672751.
  4. 1 2 3 "NGC 1077". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 1050 - 1099". cseligman.com. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "NED results for object LEDA 010465". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center . Retrieved 10 August 2017.


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