NGC 1412
Galaxy NGC 1412 / IC 1981 |
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NGC 1412 | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Chemical furnace |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 03 h 40 m 29.37 s |
declination | -26 ° 51 ′ 44.1 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SB0 |
Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
Position angle | 131 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | SSRS group 72 |
Redshift | 0.005971 ± 0.000040 |
Radial velocity | 1790 ± 12 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(75 ± 5) x 10 6 ly (23.1 ± 1.6) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | John Herschel |
Discovery date | November 20, 1835 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 1412 • IC 1981 • PGC 13520 • ESO 482-029 • MCG -05-09-021 • 2MASX J03402936-2651441 • SGC 33823-2701.3 • GALEX ASC J034029.44-265144.2 • LDCE 251 NED036 • WISEA J034029.38-265144.1 |
NGC 1412 = IC 1981 is a lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is an estimated 75 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter . Presumably it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair together with PGC 13529 .
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 1398 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on November 20, 1835 .