NGC 1423
| Galaxy NGC 1423 |
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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 40.1 s |
| declination | -06 ° 22 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBbc / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 22 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021201 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 6356 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(282 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (86.4 ± 6.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | October 31, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1423 • PGC 13628 • 13629 • MCG -01-10-025 • IRAS F03401-0632 • 2MASX J03424012-0622548 • Mrk 1191 • NVSS J034240-062241 | |
NGC 1423 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble-type SBbc in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 282 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter .
The type II supernova SN 2005gm was observed here.
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on October 31, 1886 .
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