NGC 1621

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Galaxy
NGC 1621 / NGC 1626
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NGC 1621 DSS.jpg
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Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 04 h 36 m 25.0 s
declination -04 ° 59 ′ 14 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E +  
Brightness  (visual) 13.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.6 mag
Angular expansion 1.4 ′ × 0.8 ′
Position angle 105 °
Surface brightness 13.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.014954 ± 0.000090  
Radial velocity (4483 ± 27) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(197 ± 14)  ·  10 6  ly
(60.3 ± 4.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery Francis P. Leavenworth
Discovery date 1886
Catalog names
NGC  1621 • PGC  15626 • MCG  01-12-035 • 2MASX  J04362507-0459139 • 2MASS J04362505-0459144 • LDCE 312 NED028

NGC 1621 = NGC 1626 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E4 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 197 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 80,000 ly. a. the galaxies NGC 1627 and NGC 1628 .

The property was discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth in 1886 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 1621  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1621
  3. Seligman