NGC 1058

NGC 1058
NGC 1058 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope Credit: NASA/ESA
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Perseus
Right ascension	02h 43m 30.24s[1]
Declination	+37° 20′ 27.2″[1]
Redshift	0.001728±0.000003[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	518±1 km/s[2]
Galactocentric velocity	629±5 km/s[2]
Distance	27.4 ± 4 Mly (8.40 ± 1.23 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)	11.82[2]
Characteristics
Type	SA(rs)c[2]
Apparent size (V)	3.801 x 3.715 moa[1]
Other designations
UGC 2193,[2] PGC 10314,[2] CGCG 523-096,[2] MCG +06-07-001[2]

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.

Three supernovae have been observed in NGC 1058: SN 1961V (Type IIP, mag. 12.2),^[3] SN 1969L (type II, mag. 12.8),^[4] and SN 2007gr (type Ib/c, mag. 13.8).^[5]

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