PGC 646697

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Galaxy
LEDA / PGC 646697
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Irregular galaxy NGC 1427A (captured by the Hubble Space Telescope) .jpg
The galaxy LEDA 13500 with LEDA 646697 (lo) imaged by the Hubble space telescope
AladinLite
Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 40 m 04.2 s
declination -35 ° 36 ′ 53 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E / pec  
Angular expansion 0.27 ′ × 0.24 ′
Physical data
Redshift 0.120681 ± 0.000099  
Radial velocity 36179 ± 30 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(1611 ± 113)  ·  10 6  ly
(493.9 ± 34.6)  Mpc 
history
Catalog names
PGC  646697 • 2MASX  J03400430-3536514 • 2MASS J03400432-3536518 • FCSS J034004.3-353653

LEDA / PGC 646697 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Eridanus at the southern sky . It is an estimated 1.6 billion light years from the Milky Way . In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1396 , NGC 1399 , NGC 1404 , NGC 1427 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE