NGC 1595
| Galaxy NGC 1595 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Digger |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 28 m 21.7 s |
| declination | -47 ° 48 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 17 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016051 +/- 0.000040 |
| Radial velocity | 4812 +/- 12 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(207 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (63.6 ± 4.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 3, 1837 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1595 • PGC 15195 • ESO 202-025 • 2MASX J04282173-4748573 • SGC 042656-4755.5 • LEDA 15195 • LDCE 303 NED004 | |
NGC 1595 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E3 in the constellation Caelum the southern sky . It is estimated to be 207 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 80,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 1598 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on December 3, 1837 .
Web links
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