NGC 1425
| Galaxy NGC 1425 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Chemical furnace |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 42 m 11.5 s |
| declination | -29 ° 53 ′ 36.0 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) b / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.8 ′ × 1.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 113 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Fornax cluster LGG 96 |
| Redshift | 0.005037 +/- 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 1510 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(62 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (19.1 ± 1.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 9, 1790 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1425 • UGCA 84 • PGC 13602 • ESO 419-004 • MCG -05-09-023 • IRAS 03401-3002 • 2MASX J03421146-2953359 / J03421153-2953366 • SGC 34009-3003.1 • GC 764 • H II 852 • NVSS J034209 -295321 | |
NGC 1425 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is an estimated 62 million light-years away from the Milky Way , about 115,000 light-years in diameter, and is considered a member of the Fornax Galaxy Cluster .
The object was discovered on October 9, 1790 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
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