NGC 1617
| Galaxy data from NGC 1617 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Swordfish |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 31 m 39.5 s |
| declination | -54 ° 36 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SAB (rs) a |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4.3 ′ × 2.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 107 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.003546 ± 0.000070 |
| Radial velocity | 1063 ± 21 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(39 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (12.1 ± 0.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | James Dunlop |
| Discovery date | November 5, 1826 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1617 • PGC 15405 • ESO 157-41 • IRAS 04305-5442 • 2MASX J04313953-5436081 • SGC 043033-5442.4 • GC 875 • h 2651 • Dun 339 • AM 0430-544 • LDCE 0328 NED016 | |
NGC 1617 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Swordfish in the southern sky , which is an estimated 39 million light years away from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by James Dunlop on November 5, 1826 .