NGC 1462
| Galaxy NGC 1462 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | bull |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 50 m 23.4 s |
| declination | + 06 ° 58 ′ 23 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 48 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.033226 ± 0.000160 |
| Radial velocity | 9961 ± 48 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(444 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (136.2 ± 9.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | September 13, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1462 • PGC 13945 • CGCG 417-007 • MCG + 01-10-010 • IRAS 3477 + 649 • 2MASX J03502341 + 0658231 • GALEX ASC J035023.45 + 065822.0 | |
NGC 1462 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type S in Taurus on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 444 million light years from the Milky Way and about 120,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on September 13, 1864 .