NGC 1412

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Galaxy
NGC 1412 / IC 1981
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NGC 1412 [1]
NGC 1412
AladinLite
Constellation Chemical furnace
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 40 m 29.37 s
declination -26 ° 51 ′ 44.1 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB0  
Brightness  (visual) 12.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.5 likes
Angular expansion 1.8 ′ × 0.7 ′
Position angle 131 °
Surface brightness 12.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation SSRS group 72  
Redshift 0.005971 ± 0.000040  
Radial velocity 1790 ± 12 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(75 ± 5)  x  10 6  ly
(23.1 ± 1.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date November 20, 1835
Catalog names
NGC  1412 • IC  1981 • PGC  13520 • ESO  482-029 • MCG  -05-09-021 • 2MASX  J03402936-2651441 • SGC  33823-2701.3 • GALEX ASC J034029.44-265144.2 • LDCE 251 NED036 • WISEA J034029.38-265144.1

NGC 1412 = IC 1981 is a lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is an estimated 75 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter . Presumably it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair together with PGC 13529 .

In the same area of ​​the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 1398 .

The object was discovered by John Herschel on November 20, 1835 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1412
  4. ↑ Seligman