NGC 1475

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Galaxy
NGC 1475
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NGC 1475 DSS.jpg
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Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 53 m 49.6 s
declination -08 ° 08 ′ 15 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0-:  
Brightness  (visual) 15.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.4 mag
Angular expansion 0.6 ′ × 0.6 ′
Surface brightness 14.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.033643 ± 0.000093  
Radial velocity 10,086 ± 28 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(448 ± 31)  ·  10 6  ly
(137.3 ± 9.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery Francis Leavenworth
Discovery date 1886
Catalog names
NGC  1475 • PGC  1007783 • 2MASX  J03534978-0808151 • 2MASS J03534978-0808151

NGC 1475 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Eridanus the southern sky . It is an estimated 448 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1467 , NGC 1472 , NGC 1477 , NGC 1478 .

The property was discovered by Francis Leavenworth in 1886 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d SEDS : NGC 1475
  3. Seligman