NGC 1424
| Galaxy NGC 1424 |
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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 43 m 14.0 s |
| declination | -04 ° 43 ′ 48 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) b: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 11 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018786 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | 5632 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(250 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (76.5 ± 5.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Bindon Blood Stoney |
| Discovery date | December 8, 1850 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1424 • PGC 13664 • MCG -01-10-026 • IRAS 03407-0453 • 2MASX J03431405-0443481 • NVSS J034314-044350 • LDCE 260 NED004 | |
NGC 1424 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 250 million light years from the Milky Way and about 120,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies NGC 1417 , NGC 1418 , IC 344 , IC 347 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Bindon Blood Stoney on December 8, 1850 .
Web links
Commons : NGC 1424 - Collection of Images
