NGC 1611
| Galaxy NGC 1611 |
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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 33 m 05.9 s |
| declination | -04 ° 17 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (rs) 0+ |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 108 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014363 +/- 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 4306 +/- 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(189 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (57.9 ± 4.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 26, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1611 • PGC 15501 • MCG -01-12-029 • IRAS 04306-0424 • 2MASX J04330596-0417508 • GC 873 • H III 586 • LDCE 312 NED020 | |
NGC 1611 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is an estimated 189 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years across .
The galaxies NGC 1607 , NGC 1609 , NGC 1612 , NGC 1613 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on November 26, 1786 .