NGC 468
| Galaxy NGC 468 / IC 92 |
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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 19 m 48.5 s |
| declination | + 32 ° 46 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 171 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016882 ± 0.000103 |
| Radial velocity | 5061 ± 31 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(233 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (71.3 ± 5.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 22, 1827 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 468 • IC 92 • PGC 4780 • CGCG 502-029 • MCG + 05-04-020 • 2MASX J01194842 + 3246046 • GC 265 • h 98 • GALEX ASC J011948.45 + 324603.4 | |
NGC 468 = IC 92 is a lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 233 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 45,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 472 , IC 1666 , IC 1669 , IC 1673 .
The object was discovered on November 22, 1827 by the British astronomer John Herschel .
Web links
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Individual evidence
Attention: The sorting key "NGC 0468" overwrites the previously used key "IC0092".