NGC 1497
| Galaxy NGC 1497 |
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| Image of the galaxy NGC 1497 with the help of the 81 cm diameter mirror telescope of the Mount Lemmon Observatory . | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | bull |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 02 m 06.8 s |
| declination | + 23 ° 07 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 60 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021008 +/- 0.000163 |
| Radial velocity | 6298 +/- 49 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(282 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (86.6 ± 6.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | December 11, 1876 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1497 • UGC 2929 • PGC 14331 • CGCG 487-009 • MCG + 04-10-08 • 2MASX J04020678 + 2307585 • GC 5332 • NPM1G +22.0134 • LDCE 0281 NED002 | |
NGC 1497 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Taurus , listed on the New General Catalog , that is an estimated 282 million light years from the Milky Way . The object was discovered on December 11, 1876 by the astronomer Édouard Stephan with an 80 cm telescope.