NGC 1532
| Galaxy NGC 1532 |
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| The galaxies NGC 1531 (above) and NGC 1532 (below) captured by the VLT | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 12 m 04.3 s |
| declination | -32 ° 52 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) b / pec / sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 9.8 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 10.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 11.6 ′ × 3.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 33 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 111 |
| Redshift | (3468 ± 17) · 10 −6 |
| Radial velocity | 1040 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(40 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (12.4 ± 0.9) Mpc |
| diameter | 180,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | James Dunlop |
| Discovery date | October 29, 1826 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1532 • PGC 14638 • ESO 359-27 • MCG -05-11-002 • IRAS 04102-3259 • 2MASX J04120433-3252271 • GC 823 • h 2621 • AM 0410-325 • Dun 600 • LDCE 0289 NED002 | |
NGC 1532 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is around 40 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 180,000 light years .
The galaxy is in gravitational contact with the much smaller lens-shaped NGC 1531 . In the picture very well recognizable by the deformations and star formation areas (purple & blue).
The object was discovered on October 29, 1826 by the Scottish astronomer James Dunlop .
Web links
Commons : NGC 1532 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- Galaxies in the River - Astronomy Picture of the Day of November 27, 2008.
- NGC 1531/2: Interacting Galaxies - Astronomy Picture of the Day of March 1, 2005 (English).
- astronews.com: Picture of the day December 14, 2011
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database