NGC 1486
| Galaxy NGC 1486 |
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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 56 m 18.7 s |
| declination | -21 ° 49 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc: / pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 2 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024787 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 7431 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(327 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (100.4 ± 7.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1486 • PGC 14132 • ESO 549-ß037 • MCG -04-10-008 • IRAS F03541-2158 • 2MASX J03561872-2149158 • SGC 035408-2157.9 • GALEX ASC J035618.72-214917.5 | |
NGC 1486 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is an estimated 327 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter .
The property was discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth in 1886 .