NGC 1421
| Galaxy NGC 1421 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 42 m 29.3 s |
| declination | -13 ° 29 ′ 17 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) bc: / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.4 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.006961 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 2087 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(90 ± 6) x 10 6 ly (27.6 ± 1.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 1, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1421 • PGC 13620 • MCG -02-10-008 • IRAS 03401-1338 • 2MASX J03422928-1329168 • GC 762 • H II 291 • h 2577 • HIPASS J0342-13 • LDCE 251 NED044 | |
NGC 1421 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 90 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxy IC 340 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on February 1, 1785 .