NGC 1612
| Galaxy NGC 1612 |
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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 13.1 s |
| declination | -04 ° 10 ′ 21 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) 0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 142 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016591 +/- 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | 4974 +/- 29 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(219 ± 15) x 10 6 ly (67.1 ± 4.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | December 21, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1612 • PGC 15507 • MCG -01-12-030 • IRAS 04307-0416 • 2MASX J04331312-0410208 • LDCE 312 NED021 | |
NGC 1612 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is an estimated 219 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years across .
The galaxies NGC 1607 , NGC 1609 , NGC 1611 , NGC 1613 are located in the same area of the sky .
The Supernova SN 2000fm was observed here.
The object was discovered by Édouard Stephan on December 21, 1881 .
Web links
Commons : NGC 1612 - Collection of Images
