NGC 1490

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Galaxy
NGC 1490
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NGC 1490 DSS.jpg
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Constellation network
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 53 m 34.2 s
declination -66 ° 01 ′ 05 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E.  
Brightness  (visual) 12.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.4 mag
Angular expansion 1.3 ′ × 1.1 ′
Position angle 142 °
Surface brightness 12.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.017897 ± 0.000026  
Radial velocity (5365 ± 8) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(232 ± 16)  x  10 6  ly
(71.1 ± 5.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date November 2, 1834
Catalog names
NGC  1490 • PGC  14040 • ESO  083-011 • 2MASX  J03533420-6601052 • SGC  035309-6609.8 • GC  792 • h  2599 • LDCE 0274 NED001

NGC 1490 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E1 in the constellation network at the southern sky . It is an estimated 232 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by John Herschel on November 2, 1834 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 1490
  3. Seligman