NGC 1606

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Galaxy
NGC 1606
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NGC 1606 DSS.jpg
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Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 04 h 32 m 03.3 s
declination -05 ° 01 ′ 57 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAB (r) 0+:  
Brightness  (visual) 14.9 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.8 mag
Angular expansion 0.5 ′ × 0.5 ′
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation NGC 1600 group  
Redshift 0.016018 +/- 0.000077  
Radial velocity 4802 +/- 23 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(211 ± 15)  ·  10 6  ly
(64.7 ± 4.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery George Stoney
Discovery date January 14, 1849
Catalog names
NGC  1606 • PGC  15443 • MCG  -01-12-022 • IRAS  F04296-0508 • 2MASX  J04320334-0501567 • LEDA 15443

NGC 1606 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is an estimated 211 million light years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light years across .
The galaxies NGC 1600 , NGC 1601 , NGC 1603 , NGC 1604 are located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered by George Johnstone Stoney on January 14, 1849 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 1606
  3. Seligman