NGC 1621
| Galaxy NGC 1621 / NGC 1626 |
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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 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 |
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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
