NGC 1484

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Galaxy
NGC 1484
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NGC 1484 DSS.jpg
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Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 54 m 20.1 s
declination -36 ° 58 ′ 08 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Scd  
Brightness  (visual) 12.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.6 mag
Angular expansion 2.5 ′ × 0.6 ′
Position angle 80 °
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.003469 ± 0.000010  
Radial velocity 1040 ± 3 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(40 ± 3)  x  10 6  ly
(12.4 ± 0.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date November 28, 1837
Catalog names
NGC  1484 • PGC  14071 • ESO  359-006 • MCG  -06-09-036 • IRAS  03524-3706 • 2MASX  J03542014-3658077 • AM 0352-370

NGC 1484 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Eridanus. It is estimated to be 40 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by John Herschel on November 28, 1837 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1484
  3. Seligman