NGC 447

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Galaxy
NGC 447 / IC 1656
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation fishes
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 15 m 37.6 s
declination + 33 ° 04 ′ 04.1 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R) SB (rs) 0 / a:  
Brightness  (visual) 13.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.5 mag
Angular expansion 2.2 ′ × 2.2 ′
Surface brightness 15.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.018670 ± 0.000030  
Radial velocity (5597 ± 9) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(257 ± 18)  ·  10 6  ly
(78.7 ± 5.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery Heinrich d'Arrest
Discovery date October 8, 1861
Catalog names
NGC  447 • IC  1656 • UGC  804 • PGC  4550 • CGCG  502-013 • MCG  + 05-04-006 • IRAS  F01128 + 3248 • 2MASX  J01153760 + 3304035 • GC  250 • LEDA 4550 • LDCE 74 NED049

NGC 447 = IC 1656 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 257 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 165,000 light years . a. the galaxies NGC 443 , NGC 449 , NGC 451 , IC 1648 .

The object was discovered on October 8, 1861 by the German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Ludwig d'Arrest .

Web links

Commons : NGC 447  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 447
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sorting key "NGC 0447" overwrites the previously used key "IC1656".