NGC 1500
| Galaxy NGC 1500 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Swordfish |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 58 m 14.0 s |
| declination | -52 ° 19 ′ 41 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (r) 0 - : |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 101 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 3193 |
| Redshift | 0.033737 +/- 0.000025 |
| Radial velocity | 10114 +/- 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(445 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (136.3 ± 9.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 24, 1837 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1500 • PGC 14187 • ESO 201-013 • 2MASX J03581395-5219412 • SGC 035655-5228.2 • GALEX ASC J035813.74-521941.6 • LEDA 14187 | |
NGC 1500 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Dorado at the southern sky . It is an estimated 445 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 120,000 ly.
The galaxies NGC 1506 , IC 2018 , IC 2021 , IC 2023 lie in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on December 24, 1837 .