NGC 1570
| Galaxy NGC 1570 / NGC 1571 |
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| LEDA 546396 & NGC 1570 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Digger |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 22 m 08.9 s |
| declination | -43 ° 37 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E + |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 172 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014820 +/- 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | 4443 +/- 19 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(191 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (58.7 ± 4.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | 4th December 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1570/1571 • PGC 14971 • ESO 250-019 • MCG -07-10-001 • 2MASX J04220894-4337463 • SGC 42033-4344.7 • LDCE 302 NED002 • LEDA 14971 | |
NGC 1570 = NGC 1571 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E2 in the constellation Caelum in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 191 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years in diameter .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on December 4, 1836 .