NGC 1427
| Galaxy NGC 1427 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| 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 19.4 s |
| declination | -35 ° 23 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E5 |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.8 ′ × 2.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 76 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Fornax cluster SSRS group 52 NGC 1399 group LGG 96 |
| Redshift | 0.004630 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 1388 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(56 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (17.3 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 28, 1837 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1427 • PGC 13609 • ESO 358-G052 • MCG -06-09-021 • 2MASX J03421942-3523337 • SGC 034025-3533.1 • GC 766 • h 2579 • GALEX ASC J034219.44-352333.8 • FCC 276 | |
NGC 1427 is an elliptical cD galaxy of the Hubble type E3 in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 56 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter. It is listed as a member of the Fornax Galaxy Cluster under catalog number FCC 276 .
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1404 , NGC 1428 , NGC 1436 , NGC 1437 .
The object was discovered on November 28, 1837 by the British astronomer John Herschel .
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