NGC 1576
| Galaxy NGC 1576 |
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![NGC 1576 with LEDA 1069109 [1] (ro)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC1576_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 1576 with LEDA 1069109 (ro) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 26 m 18.8 s |
| declination | -03 ° 37 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 '× 0.7' |
| Position angle | 127 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016218 ± 0.000103 |
| Radial velocity | 4862 ± 31 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(214 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (65.6 ± 4.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 28, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1576 • PGC 15089 • MCG -01-12-007 • 2MASX J04261882-0337158 • GC 851 • H III 587 • h 314 • GALEX ASC J042618.86-033716.3 • LDCE 312 NED001 | |
NGC 1576 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Eridanus at the southern sky . It is estimated to be 214 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on November 28, 1786 .
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