NGC 1468
| Galaxy NGC 1468 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 52 m 12.6 s |
| declination | -06 ° 20 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.032998 ± 0.000132 |
| Radial velocity | 9893 ± 40 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(439 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (134.7 ± 9.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | December 19, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1468 • PGC 14004 • MCG -01-10-045 • 2MASX J03521258-0620566 • 2MASS J03521257-0620563 | |
NGC 1468 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Eridanus at the southern sky . It is an estimated 439 million light years from the Milky Way and about 155,000 light years in diameter .
The object was discovered on December 19, 1881 by Édouard Stephan .
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