NGC 1505

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Galaxy
NGC 1505
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LEDA 992440, NGC 1505, NGC 1504, LEDA 992304 [1]
LEDA 992440 , NGC 1505, NGC 1504, LEDA 992304
AladinLite
Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 04 h 02 m 36.399 s
declination -09 ° 19 ′ 20.75 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Brightness  (visual) 13.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.7 mag
Angular expansion 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′
Position angle 80 °
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.032569 ± 0.000167  
Radial velocity 9764 ± 50 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(433 ± 30)  x  10 6  ly
(132.8 ± 9.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Ormond Stone
Discovery date December 31, 1885
Catalog names
NGC  1505 • PGC  14339 • MCG  -02-11-009 • 2MASX  J04023642-0919208 • 2MASS J04023641-0919207 • GALEX ASC J040236.38-091921.0 • NVSS J040236-091927

NGC 1505 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is an estimated 433 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years in diameter. The galaxy probably forms a gravitationally bound pair with the smaller NGC 1504 .

The object was discovered by Ormond Stone on December 31, 1885 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1505
  4. ↑ Seligman