NGC 1602
| Galaxy NGC 1602 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Swordfish |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 27 m 55.0 s |
| declination | -55 ° 03 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | IB (s) m / pec: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 83 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 114 |
| Redshift | 0.005230 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 1568 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(62 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (19.1 ± 1.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 5, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1602 • PGC 15168 • ESO 157-32 • IRAS 04267-5510 • 2MASX J04275497-5503282 • SGC 042648-5510.0 • GC 870 • h 2649 • Part of AM 0426-550 | |
NGC 1602 is an irregular dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type IBm / P in the constellation Swordfish in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 62 light years from the Milky Way and appears to be a close companion of the Edge-On Galaxy NGC 1596 and very likely the source of the ionized gas in NGC 1596.
The object was discovered on December 5, 1834 by John Herschel with his 18.7 "Newtonian telescope.