NGC 1447

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Galaxy
NGC 1447
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NGC 1447 DSS.jpg
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Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 45 m 47.1 s
declination -09 ° 01 ′ 07 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0o:  
Brightness  (visual) 14.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.7 mag
Angular expansion 1.0 ′ × 0.5 ′
Position angle 105 °
Surface brightness 13.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.033273 ± 0.000150  
Radial velocity 9975 ± 45 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(443 ± 31)  ·  10 6  ly
(135.8 ± 9.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery Francis P. Leavenworth
Discovery date 1886
Catalog names
NGC  1447 • PGC  13786 • 2MASX  J03454716-0901076 • GALEX ASC J034547.19-090106.8 • LDCE 268 NED002

NGC 1447 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is an estimated 443 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 1434 , NGC 1445 , NGC 1450 , IC 352 .

The property was discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth in 1886 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 1447  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1447
  3. Seligman