NGC 1492
| Galaxy NGC 1492 |
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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 58 m 13.1 s |
| declination | -35 ° 26 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb-c |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 10 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015067 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 4517 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(196 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (60.0 ± 4.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 28, 1837 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1492 • PGC 14186 • ESO 359-12 • IRAS 03563-3535 • 2MASX J03581314-3526469 • SGC 035621-3535.3 • GC 794 • h 2598 • | |
NGC 1492 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Eridanus at the southern sky , the estimated 196 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center.
The object was discovered on November 27, 1837 by the astronomer John Herschel .