NGC 1542

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Galaxy
NGC 1542
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NGC 1542 [1] SDSS
NGC 1542 SDSS
AladinLite
Constellation bull
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 04 h 17 m 14.18 s
declination + 04 ° 46 ′ 53.9 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sab  
Brightness  (visual) 14.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.9 mag
Angular expansion 1.3 ′ × 0.5 ′
Position angle 128 °
Surface brightness 13.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation LGG 113  
Redshift 0.012389 ± 0.000033  
Radial velocity 3714 ± 10 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(164 ± 11)  ·  10 6  ly
(50.3 ± 3.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date November 18, 1863
Catalog names
NGC  1542 • UGC  3003 • PGC  14800 • CGCG  418-017 • MCG  + 01-11-016 • IRAS  04145 + 0439 • 2MASX  J04171419 + 0446537 • GALEX ASC J041714.40 + 044652.7 • LDCE 297 NED004 • KIG 145 • 2MIG 527

NGC 1542 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in Taurus on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 164 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light-years across. Together with seven other galaxies, it forms the NGC 1550 group ( LGG 113 ).

The object was discovered by Albert Marth on November 18, 1863 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 1542  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1542
  4. ^ VizieR
  5. ↑ Seligman