NGC 1441
| Galaxy NGC 1441 |
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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 45 m 43.1 s |
| declination | -04 ° 05 ′ 30 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 1376 group NGC 1417 group LGG 103 |
| Redshift | 0.014330 ± 0.000047 |
| Radial velocity | 4296 ± 14 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(190 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (58.2 ± 4.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 30, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1441 • PGC 13782 • MCG -01-10-029 • 2MASX J03454312-0405295 • GC 772 • H II 597 • | |
NGC 1441 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Eridanus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 190 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light-years across .
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1449 , NGC 1451 , NGC 1453 , IC 347 , among others .
The object was discovered on September 30, 1786 by the astronomer Wilhelm Herschel with his 47.5 cm reflector telescope .