NGC 1576
Galaxy NGC 1576 |
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NGC 1576 with LEDA 1069109 (ro) | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Eridanus |
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 |
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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