NGC 1477
| Galaxy NGC 1477 |
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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 54 m 02.9 s |
| declination | -08 ° 34 ′ 30 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA: 0-: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.032983 ± 0.000163 |
| Radial velocity | 9888 ± 49 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(439 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (134.6 ± 9.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ormond Stone |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1477 • PGC 14060 • 2MASX J03540284-0834301 • NVSS J035402-083431 • LDCE 268 NED009 | |
NGC 1477 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E2 in the constellation Eridanus the southern sky . It is estimated to be 439 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1467 , NGC 1472 , NGC 1475 , NGC 1478 .
The property was discovered by Ormond Stone in 1886 .
Web links
Commons : NGC 1477 - Collection of Images
