NGC 1607
| Galaxy NGC 1607 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 32 m 03.1 s |
| declination | -04 ° 27 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 50 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013856 +/- 0.000037 |
| Radial velocity | 4154 +/- 11 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(182 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (55.8 ± 3.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | December 14, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1607 • PGC 15442 • MCG -01-12-023 • IRAS 04295-0433 • 2MASX J04320309-0427357 • LDCE 312 NED016 | |
NGC 1607 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 182 million light years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies NGC 1599 , NGC 1609 , NGC 1611 , NGC 1613 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Édouard Stephan on December 14, 1881 .
Web links
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