NGC 1666
| Galaxy NGC 1666 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 48 m 32.8 s |
| declination | -06 ° 34 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) 0+ |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 143 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009183 ± 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 2753 ± 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(119 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (36.4 ± 2.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis A. Swift |
| Discovery date | November 1, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1666 • PGC 16057 • MCG -01-13-010 • 2MASX J04483284-0634124 • GALEX ASC J044832.95-063411.2 • LDCE 343 NED003 | |
NGC 1666 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 119 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light-years across.
The galaxies NGC 1667 , IC 394 , IC 2101 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on November 1, 1886 by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift .
Web links
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