NGC 1516
| Galaxy NGC 1516 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 08 m 07.8 s |
| declination | -08 ° 49 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Scpec + SBbc pec / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | A: 11.8 mag B: 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | A: 12.6 mag B: 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | A: 1.4 / 0.9 B: 0.9 / 0.7 |
| Position angle | A: 55 ° B: 126 ° |
| Surface brightness | A: 11.9 mag / arcmin² B: 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.033041 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | (9906 ± 45) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(439 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (134.7 ± 9.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 30, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1516 • PGC 14515/14516 • MCG -02-11-017 / 018 • GC 812 • H III 499 • h 2610 • LDCE 0287 NED001 | |
NGC 1516 is a pair of interacting galaxies ( NGC 1524 & NGC 1525 ) in the constellation Eridanus . It is about 440 million light years from the Milky Way . The object was discovered on January 30, 1786 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .