NGC 1633
Galaxy NGC 1633 |
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NGC 1633 & NGC 1634 | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | bull |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 04 h 40 m 09.1 s |
declination | + 07 ° 20 ′ 58 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SAB (s) off |
Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
Position angle | 51 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | LGG 120 |
Redshift | 0.016642 ± 0.000033 |
Radial velocity | (4989 ± 10) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(221 ± 15) x 10 6 ly (67.7 ± 4.7) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | William Herschel |
Discovery date | December 9, 1798 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 1633 • UGC 3125 • PGC 15774 • CGCG 419-023 • MCG + 01-12-014 • IRAS 04374 + 0715 • 2MASX J04400910 + 0720577 • GC 884 • H III 952 • h 323 • NVSS J044009 + 072057 • KPG 101A • HOLM 079A |
NGC 1633 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Taurus. It is estimated to be 221 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter. Together with NGC 1634 , it forms the isolated and gravitationally bound galaxy pair KPG 101 or Holm 79 .
The Type Ia supernova SN 2010kg was observed here.
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on December 9, 1798 .