NGC 1472
| Galaxy NGC 1472 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 53 m 47.3 s |
| declination | -08 ° 34 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R '?) SA? 0o? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 70 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.032466 ± 0.000143 |
| Radial velocity | 9733 ± 43 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(432 ± 30) · 10 6 Lj (132.4 ± 9.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ormond Stone |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1472 • PGC 14050 • 2MASX J03534734-0834060 • NVSS J035347-083413 • LDCE 268 NED008 | |
NGC 1472 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 432 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1467 , NGC 1475 , NGC 1477 , NGC 1478 .
The property was discovered by Ormond Stone in 1886 .
Web links
Commons : NGC 1472 - Collection of Images
