NGC 1445
| Galaxy NGC 1445 |
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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 44 m 56.2 s |
| declination | -09 ° 51 ′ 21 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 14 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.032853 ± 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | 9849 ± 29 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(437 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (134.1 ± 9.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Frank Muller |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1445 • PGC 13742 • IRAS 03425-1000 • 2MASX J03445621-0951209 • GALEX ASC J034456.16-095120.9 • NVSS J034456-095120 | |
NGC 1445 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E4 in the constellation Eridanus at the southern sky . It is estimated to be 437 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1434 , NGC 1447 , NGC 1450 .
The property was discovered by Frank Muller in 1886 .