NGC 1507
| Galaxy NGC 1507 |
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![NGC 1507 with KPG 97B (upper part) [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC_1507_DSS.jpg)
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| NGC 1507 with KPG 97B ( upper part ) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 04 m 27.21 s |
| declination | -02 ° 11 ′ 18.9 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) m / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.9 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 11 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.002879 ± 0.000004 |
| Radial velocity | 863 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(36 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (11.1 ± 0.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 6, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1507 • UGC 2947 • PGC 14409 • MCG + 00-11-009 • IRAS 04019-0219 • 2MASX i J0404272-021117 • Mrk 1080 • GC 805 • H II 279 • HIPASS J0404-02 • WISEA J040427.16-021118.8 • KPG 97A • 2MIG 0494 | |
NGC 1507 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBm with extensive star formation areas in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 36 million light years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by William Herschel on January 6, 1785 .