NGC 1517
| Galaxy NGC 1517 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | bull |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 09 m 11.9 s |
| declination | + 08 ° 38 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Scd: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011625 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 3485 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(155 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (47.4 ± 3.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | December 23, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1517 • UGC 2970 • PGC 14564 • CGCG 418-013 • IRAS 04064 + 0831 • 2MASX J04091193 + 0838555 • HIPASS J0409 + 08 | |
NGC 1517 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in Taurus on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 155 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years in diameter .
The object was discovered by Édouard Stephan on December 23, 1884 .