NGC 1541

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Galaxy
NGC 1541
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NGC 1541 [1]
NGC 1541
AladinLite
Constellation bull
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 04 h 17 m 00.23 s
declination + 00 ° 50 ′ 06.7 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0 +:  
Brightness  (visual) 13.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.6 mag
Angular expansion 1.3 ′ × 0.5 ′
Position angle 83 °
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.016708 ± 0.000093  
Radial velocity 5009 ± 28 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(221 ± 16)  x  10 6  ly
(67.9 ± 4.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date November 14, 1863
Catalog names
NGC  1541 • UGC  3001 • PGC  14792 • CGCG  392-013 • MCG  + 00-11-040 • 2MASX  J04170023 + 0050067 • LDCE 295 NED004 • NSA 133691 • WISEA J041700.22 + 005006.7

NGC 1541 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Taurus on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 221 million light years away from the Milky Way and is about 85,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered by Albert Marth on November 14, 1863 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 1541  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1541
  4. Seligman