NGC 1563

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Galaxy
NGC 1563
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NGC 1564 & NGC 1563 [1]
NGC 1564 & NGC 1563
AladinLite
Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 04 h 22 m 53.946 s
declination -15 ° 43 ′ 57.47 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E1?  
Brightness  (visual) 15.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.0 mag
Angular expansion 0.7 ′ × 0.3 ′
Position angle 80 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.031192 ± 0.000083  
Radial velocity 9351 ± 25 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(413 ± 29)  x  10 6  ly
(126.7 ± 8.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery Francis P. Leavenworth
Discovery date November 12, 1885
Catalog names
NGC  1563 • PGC  15000 • IRAS  04204-1546 • 2MASX  J04225393-1543574 • GALEX ASC J042253.97-154356.5 • WISEA J042253.95-154357.2

NGC 1563 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Eridanus at the southern sky . It is an estimated 413 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years in diameter. In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 1561 , NGC 1564 , NGC 1565 , IC 2063 .

The object was discovered by Francis Leavenworth on November 12, 1885 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1563
  4. ↑ Seligman