NGC 1597
| Galaxy NGC 1597 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 31 m 13.4 s |
| declination | -11 ° 17 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB? 0-: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 95 °
250- G 017 |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.033390 +/- 0.000087 |
| Radial velocity | 10,010 +/- 26 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(443 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (135.8 ± 9.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ormond Stone |
| Discovery date | December 31, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1597 • PGC 15374 • MCG -02-12-032 • IRAS 04287-1124 • 2MASX J04311349-1117247 • LDCE 0308 NED010 | |
NGC 1597 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB? 0-: in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is an estimated 443 million light years from the Milky Way and has a disk diameter of about 120,000 ly.
The object was discovered by Ormond Stone on December 31, 1885 .