| NGC 1166 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 1166 (Digitized Sky Survey) | |
| Observation data (J2000.0epoch) | |
| Constellation | Aries[1] |
| Right ascension | 03h 00m 34.98s[2] |
| Declination | +11° 50′ 33.9″[2] |
| Redshift | 0.025965[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 7784±6 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 112 Mpc[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | ~14[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.4[4] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Sab[2] |
| Apparent size (V) | 84.80"[2] |
| Other designations | |
| PGC 11324, MCG -02-08-034, UGC 2437[4] | |
NGC 1166 is aspiral galaxy located in the constellationAries. It is situated approximately 112 million parsecs away from Earth and was discovered by the German astronomerAlbert Marth on October 1, 1864.[3]
Twosupernovae have been observed in NGC 1166:
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