NGC 1628
| Galaxy NGC 1628 |
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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 37 m 36.2 s |
| declination | -04 ° 42 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb / pec / sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 6 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012359 +/- 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (3705 +/- 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(162 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (49.6 ± 3.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | December 22, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1628 • PGC 15674 • MCG -01-12-039 • IRAS 04351-0448 • 2MASX J04373626-0442534 • HIPASS J0437-04 | |
NGC 1628 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Eridanus at the southern sky . It is an estimated 162 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 90,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1621 and NGC 1627 , among others .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on December 22, 1886 .
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