NGC 1469

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Galaxy
NGC 1469
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NGC 1469 DSS.jpg
AladinLite
Constellation giraffe
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 04 h 00 m 27.8 s
declination + 68 ° 34 ′ 40 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SA0-  
Brightness  (visual) 13.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.2 mag
Angular expansion 1.9 ′ × 0.8 ′
Position angle 153 °
Surface brightness 13.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.003676 ± 0.000143  
Radial velocity 1102 ± 43 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(56 ± 4)  ·  10 6  ly
(17.1 ± 1.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis Swift
Discovery date February 24, 1886
Catalog names
NGC  1469 • UGC  2909 • PGC  14261 • CGCG  305-003 • MCG  + 11-05-004 • 2MASX  J04002774 + 6834398 • LDCE 0246 NED028

NGC 1469 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type E-S0 in the constellation Giraffe. It is estimated to be 56 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on February 24, 1886 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1469
  3. Seligman