NGC 1616

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Galaxy
NGC 1616
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NGC 1616 [1]
NGC 1616
AladinLite
Constellation Digger
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 04 h 32 m 41.73 s
declination -43 ° 42 ′ 57.2 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S (rs?) Bc:  
Brightness  (visual) 12.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.3 mag
Angular expansion 1.8 ′ × 0.9 ′
Position angle 36 °
Surface brightness 12.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.014880 ± 0.000033  
Radial velocity 4461 ± 10 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(192 ± 13)  ·  10 6  ly
(58.8 ± 4.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date October 24, 1835
Catalog names
NGC  1616 • PGC  15479 • ESO  251-010 • MCG  -07-10-013 • IRAS  4311-4349 • 2MASX  J04324173-4342572 • SGC  43107-4349.2 • GC  874 • h  2650 • LDCE 302 NED008 • WISEA J043241.75-434256.9

NGC 1616 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Caelum the southern sky . It is estimated to be 192 million light years from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light years across .

The object was discovered by John Herschel on October 24, 1835 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1616
  4. ↑ Seligman