NGC 1538
| Galaxy NGC 1538 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 14 m 56.1 s |
| declination | -13 ° 11 ′ 30 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (r) 0 ^ 0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026865 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | (8054 ± 27) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(356 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (109.1 ± 7.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ormond Stone |
| Discovery date | December 31, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1538 • IC 2047 • PGC 941480 • 2MASX J04145606-1311299 • | |
NGC 1538 = IC 2047 is a Galaxy from the Hubble type S in the constellation Eridanus the southern sky . It is estimated to be 356 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Ormond Stone on December 31, 1885 .