NGC 1024

NGC 1024
Legacy Surveys image of NGC 1024
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAries
Right ascension02h 39m 11s
Declination+10° 50 48″
Redshift0.011801
Heliocentric radial velocity3,538 km/s
Distance159 Mly (48.7 Mpc)
Surface brightness23.61 mag/arcsec^2
Other designations
ARP 333, PGC 10048, MCG 2-7-20, UGC 2142, CGCG 439-22, IRAS 02365+1037

NGC 1024 is a large spiral galaxy of type Sab[1] located in the constellation Aries. Its speed relative to the cosmic microwave background is 3,306 ± 16 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 48.8 ± 3.4 Mpc (~159 million light-years).[2] NGC 1024 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel in 1786.[3]

NGC 1024 was used in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies as an example of a motley galaxy.[3]

The luminosity class of NGC 1024 is I-II and it has a broad HI line. With a surface brightness equal to 14.02 mag/am^2, we can qualify NGC 1024 as a low surface brightness (LSB) galaxy. LSB galaxies are diffuse (D) galaxies with a surface brightness less than one magnitude lower than that of the ambient night sky.[3]

To date, five non-redshift measurements yield a distance of 46.260 ± 3.155 Mpc (~151 million ly), which is within the Hubble distance range.[4]

  1. ^ "Data from revised NGC and IC Catalogue by Wolfgang Steinckle, NGC 1000-1099". astrovalleyfield.ca. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
  2. ^ "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database results for NGC 1024". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
  3. ^ a b c "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 1000 - 1049". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
  4. ^ "NED Distance Results for NGC 1024". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-06.