NGC 1482
| Galaxy NGC 1482 |
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| The galaxy NGC 1482 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope . | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 54 m 38.9 s |
| declination | -20 ° 30 ′ 10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0 + / pec / sp / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.4 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 103 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.006391 ± 0.000130 |
| Radial velocity | 1916 ± 39 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(81 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (24.9 ± 1.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 19, 1799 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1482 • PGC 14084 • ESO 549-033 • MCG 003-10-054 • IRAS 3524-2038 • 2MASX J03543892-2030088 • GC 787 • H III 962 • h 2594 • LDCE 251 NED058 | |
NGC 1482 is a lenticular galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 81 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter .
It probably forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair with NGC 1481 .
The Type I supernova SN 1937E was observed here.
The object was discovered on December 19, 1799 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
Web links
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