NGC 1615

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Galaxy
NGC 1615
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation bull
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 04 h 36 m 01.0 s
declination + 19 ° 57 ′ 01 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SA0-  
Brightness  (visual) 13.0 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.0 mag
Angular expansion 1.2 ′ × 0.8 ′
Position angle 115 °
Surface brightness 13.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.011244 ± 0.000077  
Radial velocity (3371 ± 23) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(150 ± 10)  x  10 6  ly
(46.1 ± 3.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery Edouard Stephan
Discovery date January 5, 1878
Catalog names
NGC  1615 • UGC  3096 • PGC  15608 • CGCG  467-003 • MCG  + 03-12-005 • 2MASX  J04360101 + 1957008 •

NGC 1615 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type E-S0 in the constellation Taurus. It is estimated to be 150 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by Edouard Stephan on January 5, 1878 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 1615
  3. Seligman