NGC 1659
| Galaxy NGC 1659 / NGC 1677 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 46 m 29.9 s |
| declination | -04 ° 47 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (r) bc / pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 50 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
NGC 1667 group LGG 118 |
| Redshift | 0.015291 ± 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | (4584 ± 17) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(201 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (61.6 ± 4.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 28, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1659/1677 • PGC 15977 • MCG -01-13-006 • IRAS 04440-0452 • 2MASX J04462995-0447193 • GC 903 • H III 589 • h 331 • NVSS J044629-044722 • LDCE 312 NED034 | |
NGC 1659 = NGC 1677 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 201 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1656 , NGC 1665 , IC 2094 , IC 2095 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on November 28, 1786 .
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