NGC 1428
| Galaxy NGC 1428 |
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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 22.7 s |
| declination | -35 ° 09 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 118 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Fornax cluster NGC 1399 group LGG 96 |
| Redshift | 0.005470 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 1640 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(68 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (20.8 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Julius Schmidt |
| Discovery date | January 19, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1428 • PGC 13611 • ESO 358-053 • MCG -06-09-022 • SGC 034028-3518.7 • GALEX MSC J034222.79-350914.8 | |
NGC 1428 is an elliptical dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type E / SB0 in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 68 million light years from the Milky Way and about 20,000 light years across . The galaxy is listed as a member of the Fornax galaxy cluster under catalog number FCC 277 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1404 , NGC 1427 , NGC 1436 .
The object was discovered by Julius Schmidt on January 19, 1865 .
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