NGC 1645

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Galaxy
NGC 1645
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 04 h 44 m 06.4 s
declination -05 ° 27 ′ 56 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R ') SB (rs) 0+ / pec / LINER  
Brightness  (visual) 13.0 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 13.9 likes
Angular expansion 2.1 ′ × 0.9 ′
Position angle 85 °
Surface brightness 13.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation NGC 1667 group
LGG 118  
Redshift 0.016345 ± 0.000040  
Radial velocity 4900 ± 12 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(215 ± 15)  x  10 6  ly
(65.9 ± 4.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery Heinrich d'Arrest
Discovery date October 31, 1864
Catalog names
NGC  1645 • PGC  15903 • MCG  -01-13-002 • 2MASX  J04440640-0527567 • GALEX ASC J044406.23-052757.6 • LDCE 312 NED033

NGC 1645 is a lenticular galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type S0 / a / P in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is an estimated 215 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 135,000 light-years across.
The galaxies NGC 1643 , NGC 1656 , NGC 1659 , NGC 1677 are located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered on October 31, 1864 by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest .

Web links

Commons : NGC 1645  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1645
  3. ^ VizieR
  4. Seligman