NGC 446
| Galaxy NGC 446 / IC 89 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 16 m 03.70 s |
| declination | + 04 ° 17 ′ 38.0 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SAB0 ^ 0 ^ / Sy? |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.0 ′ × 1.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 54 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018166 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 5446 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(247 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (75.7 ± 5.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | October 23, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 446 • IC 89 • UGC 818 • PGC 4578 • CGCG 411-016 • MCG + 01-04-012 • IRAS 01134 + 0401 • 2MASX J01160360 + 0417385 • Mrk 565 • GC 5160 • LEDA 4578 • LDCE 75 NED005 | |
NGC 446 = IC 89 is a lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It's about 247 million light years away and about 145,000 light years in diameter. The object is listed as a Seyfert 2 galaxy , a type of active galaxy .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 455 and NGC 462 .
The galaxy was discovered on October 23, 1864 by the German astronomer Albert Marth .
Web links
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Individual evidence
Attention: The sorting key "NGC 0446" overwrites the previously used key "IC0089".