NGC 1449
| Galaxy NGC 1449 |
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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 46 m 03.1 s |
| declination | -04 ° 08 ′ 17 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 22 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013506 ± 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | 4049 ± 29 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(179 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (54.8 ± 3.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich Louis d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | October 9, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1449 • PGC 13798 • MCG -01-10-032 • 2MASX J03460309-0408173 • | |
NGC 1449 is a lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation Eridanus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 179 million light years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies NGC 1441 , NGC 1449, NGC 1451 and NGC 1453 probably form a gravitationally bound quartet.
The object was discovered on October 9, 1864 by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest .