NGC 1453
| Galaxy NGC 1453 |
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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 27.2 s |
| declination | -03 ° 58 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E2 / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.4 ′ × 1.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 45 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012962 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 3886 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(172 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (52.6 ± 3.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 30, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1453 • PGC 13814 • MCG -01-10-034 • 2MASX J03462726-0358075 • GC 778 • H I 155 • h 309 • USGC S134 NED04 | |
NGC 1453 is an elliptical galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type E2 in the constellation Eridanus south of the celestial equator . It is an estimated 172 million light years from the Milky Way and about 125,000 light years across .
The galaxies NGC 1441 , NGC 1449 , NGC 1451 and NGC 1453 probably form a gravitationally bound quartet.
The object was discovered by William Herschel on September 30, 1786 .