NGC 1665
| Galaxy NGC 1665 |
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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 48 m 17.1 s |
| declination | -05 ° 25 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) 0+ / pec? |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 50 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009156 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 2745 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(119 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (36.4 ± 2.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 5, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1665 • PGC 16044 • MCG -01-13-009 • 2MASX J04481706-0525395 • GC 908 • H II 457 • h 333 • LDCE 343 NED001 | |
NGC 1665 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 119 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 65,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1656 , IC 2094 , IC 2095 , IC 2098 .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on October 5, 1785 .
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