NGC 1609
| Galaxy NGC 1609 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 32 m 45.1 s |
| declination | -04 ° 22 ′ 21 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') S0 + pec: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 95 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014433 +/- 0.000077 |
| Radial velocity | 4327 +/- 23 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(190 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (58.2 ± 4.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 26, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1609 • PGC 15480 • MCG -01-12-025 • 2MASX J04324510-0422207 • GC 872 • H III 585 • LDCE 312 NED018 | |
NGC 1609 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 190 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies NGC 1607 , NGC 1611 , NGC 1612 , NGC 1613 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on November 26, 1786 .
Web links
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