NGC 1437
| Galaxy NGC 1436 / NGC 1437 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 43 m 37.1 s |
| declination | -35 ° 51 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SAB (rs) from |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.1 ′ × 2 ′ |
| Position angle | 150 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Fornax cluster |
| Redshift | 0.004627 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 1387 ± 8 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 | January 9, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1436, 1437 • PGC 13687 • ESO 358-058 • MCG -06-09-025 • IRAS 03417-3600 • 2MASX J03433708-3551107 • SGC 34144-3600.6 • FCC 290 • AM 0341-360 | |
NGC 1436 = NGC 1437 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Eridanus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 56 million light years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 light years across . It is listed as a member of the Fornax galaxy cluster under catalog number FCC 290 .
The galaxy is a companion to the elliptical galaxy NGC 1427 .
The object was discovered on January 9, 1836 by the astronomer John Herschel with his 47.5 cm reflecting telescope .