NGC 475

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Galaxy
NGC 475 / IC 97
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation fishes
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 20 m 02.0 s
declination + 14 ° 51 ′ 40 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E.  
Brightness  (visual) 15.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.0 mag
Angular expansion 0.4 ′ × 0.4 ′
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.053746 ± 0.000120  
Radial velocity 16,113 ± 36 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(725 ± 51)  ·  10 6  ly
(222.2 ± 15.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date November 3, 1864
Catalog names
NGC  475 • IC  97 • PGC  4796 • 2MASX  J01200203 + 1451397 • GC  5166 • NPM1G +14.0045

NGC 475 = IC 97 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type So / a? in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 725 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 85,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 469 and NGC 471 .

The object was discovered on November 3, 1864 by the German astronomer Albert Marth .

Web links

Commons : NGC 475  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC Extragalactic Database
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 475
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sorting key "NGC 0475" overwrites the previously used key "IC0097".