NGC 1460
| Galaxy NGC 1460 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 46 m 13.7 s |
| declination | -36 ° 41 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rl) 0 ^ 0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 63 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Fornax cluster LGG 96 |
| Redshift | 0.004580 ± 0.000043 |
| Radial velocity | 1373 ± 13 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(55 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (17.0 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 28, 1837 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1460 • PGC 13805 • ESO 358-062 • MCG -06-09-031 • 2MASX J03461375-3641467 • SGC 034422-3651.0 • GC 780 • h 2587 • AM 0344-365 • FCC 310 • LDCE 0249 NED040 | |
NGC 1460 is a lenticular dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is an estimated 55 million light years away from the Milky Way and is about 20,000 light years across. it is listed as a member of the Fornax galaxy cluster under catalog number FCC 310 .
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 1437 .
The object was discovered on November 28, 1837 by John Herschel with his 18.7-inch reflector telescope.
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