NGC 1601
Galaxy NGC 1601 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Eridanus |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 04 h 31 m 41.7 s |
declination | -05 ° 03 ′ 37 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S0: |
Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
Position angle | 90 ° |
Surface brightness | 11.9 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | NGC 1600 group |
Redshift | 0.016668 +/- 0.000187 |
Radial velocity | 4997 +/- 56 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(220 ± 16) · 10 6 ly (67.4 ± 4.8) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | George Stoney |
Discovery date | January 14, 1849 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 1601 • PGC 15413 • MCG -01-12-018 • 2MASX J04314173-0503369 • LEDA 15413 • LDCE 312 NED012 |
NGC 1601 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 220 million light years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies NGC 1600 , NGC 1603 , NGC 1606 , IC 373 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by George Johnstone Stoney on January 14, 1849 .
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