NGC 1510

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Galaxy
NGC 1510
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NGC 1512, NGC 1510 center-right (UV image)
NGC 1512, NGC 1510 center-right (UV image)
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Constellation Pendulum clock
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 04 h 03 m 32.6 s
declination -43 ° 24 ′ 00 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SA0 ^ 0 ^ / HII / BCDG  
Brightness  (visual) 12.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.4 mag
Angular expansion 3.2 ′ × 1.8 ′
Position angle 90 °
Surface brightness 14.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation SSRS group 13
NGC 1512 group
LGG 108  
Redshift 0.003045 ± 0.000033  
Radial velocity 913 ± 10 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(34 ± 2)  x  10 6  ly
(10.4 ± 0.7)  Mpc 
diameter 15,000 ly
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date 4th December 1836
Catalog names
NGC  1510 • PGC  14375 • ESO  250-003 • MCG  -07-09-006 • IRAS  4019-4332 • 2MASX  J04033264-4324005 • SGC  040154-4332.2 • GC  806 • LDCE 266 NED021 • h 2606

NGC 1510 is a lens-shaped galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Pendulum Clock (Horologium) in the southern sky . It is around 34 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 40,000 light years . Together with its much larger neighbor NGC 1512 , it forms an interacting pair , the two are about 70,000 light years. separated from each other.

The object was discovered by John Herschel on December 4, 1836 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 1510  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1510
  3. ^ VizieR
  4. Seligman