NGC 1603
| Galaxy NGC 1603 |
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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 49.9 s |
| declination | -05 ° 05 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 37 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 1600 group |
| Redshift | 0.016585 +/- 0.000047 |
| Radial velocity | 4972 +/- 14 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(219 ± 15) x 10 6 ly (67.0 ± 4.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | George Stoney |
| Discovery date | January 14, 1849 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1603 • PGC 15424 • MCG -01-12-019 • 2MASX J04314996-0505399 • LEDA 15424 • LDCE 312 NED013 | |
NGC 1603 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Eridanus at the southern sky . It is estimated to be 219 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years across .
The galaxies NGC 1600 , NGC 1601 , NGC 1604 , NGC 1606 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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