NGC 1656
| Galaxy NGC 1656 |
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![NGC 1656 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC1656_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 1656 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 45 m 53.39 s |
| declination | -05 ° 08 ′ 12.2 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 + |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 123 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012572 ± 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 3769 ± 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(164 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (50.4 ± 3.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 10, 1830 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1656 • PGC 15949 • MCG -01-13-005 • 2MASX J04455340-0508121 • 2MASS J04455338-0508123 • NSA 133936 • WISEA J044553.37-050812.0 | |
NGC 1656 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 164 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 1643 , NGC 1645 , NGC 1659 , NGC 1677 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on February 10, 1830 .
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