NGC 1620
| Galaxy NGC 1620 |
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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 36 m 37.3 s |
| declination | -00 ° 08 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.9 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 25 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 117 |
| Redshift | 0.011715 +/- 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | 3512 +/- 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(154 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (47.2 ± 3.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 1, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1620 • UGC 3103 • PGC 15638 • CGCG 393-046 • MCG + 00-12-052 • IRAS 04340-0014 • 2MASX J04363734-0008370 • GC 877 • H II 514 • h 321 • LDCE 311 NED007 | |
NGC 1620 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Eridanus at the southern sky . It is estimated to be 154 million light years from the Milky Way and about 135,000 ly in diameter.
The supernova SN 2009K was observed here.
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on January 1, 1786 .
Web links
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