NGC 1565

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Galaxy
NGC 1565
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NGC 1565 with LEDA 146227 (lu) [1]
NGC 1565 with LEDA 146227 (lu)
AladinLite
Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 04 h 23 m 23.45 s
declination -15 ° 44 ′ 39.6 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB? (Rs:) c? / pec  
Brightness  (visual) 14.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.7 mag
Angular expansion 0.9 ′ × 0.8 ′
Position angle 170 °
Surface brightness 13.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.030668 ± 0.000107  
Radial velocity 9194 ± 32 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(406 ± 28)  ·  10 6  ly
(124.5 ± 8.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery Francis P. Leavenworth
Discovery date November 12, 1885
Catalog names
NGC  1565 • PGC  15015 • MCG  -03-12-007 • 2MASX  J04232345-1544396 • GALEX ASC J042323.42-154438.8 • WISEA J042323.47-154439.6

NGC 1565 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Eridanus at the southern sky . It is an estimated 406 million light years from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 1561 , NGC 1563 , NGC 1564 , IC 2064 .

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 1565
  4. ↑ Seligman