NGC 1616
Galaxy NGC 1616 |
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NGC 1616 | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Digger |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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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 .