NGC 1568
| Galaxy NGC 1568 |
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![NGC 1568 with LEDA 15034 (r) [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC1568_-SDSS_DR14.png)
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| NGC 1568 with LEDA 15034 (r) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 24 m 25.34 s |
| declination | -00 ° 44 ′ 46.4 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015524 ± 0.000157 |
| Radial velocity | 4654 ± 47 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(205 ± 15) x 10 6 ly (62.9 ± 4.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | October 2, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1568 • UGC 3032 • PGC 15042 • CGCG 393-016 N02 • MCG + 00-12-027 • 2MASX J04242535-0044465 • VV 809 N02 • GALEXASC J042425.28-004445.8 • LDCE 295 NED009 • NVSS J042425-004 • W042425- IS45 .33-004446.2 | |
NGC 1568 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is an estimated 205 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter. Together with PGC 15034 it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on October 2, 1886 .