NGC 1463
| Galaxy NGC 1463 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | network |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 46 m 15.4 s |
| declination | -59 ° 48 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R:) SA (rl) a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 '× 1.2' |
| Position angle | 45 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.020884 ± 0.000028 |
| Radial velocity | 6261 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(272 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (83.5 ± 5.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 6, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1463 • PGC 13807 • ESO 117-009 • IRAS 03453-5957 • 2MASX 03461541-5948366 • SGC 34518-5957.8 • GALEX ASC J034615.31-594836.2 • 2MIG 456 | |
NGC 1463 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the reticulum at the southern sky . It is estimated to be 272 million light years from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 1997 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on October 6, 1834 .