NGC 1478
| Galaxy NGC 1478 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Pendulum clock |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 54 m 07.3 s |
| declination | -08 ° 33 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 176 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.033310 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 9986 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(443 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (135.9 ± 9.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ormond Stone |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1478 • PGC 14062 • 2MASX J03540729-0833191 • | |
NGC 1478 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is an estimated 443 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 1475 , NGC 1477 .
The property was discovered by Ormond Stone in 1886 .
Web links
Commons : NGC 1478 - Collection of Images
