NGC 1680
| Galaxy NGC 1680 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | painter |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 48 m 34.0 s |
| declination | -47 ° 48 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R:) SAB (rs) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 102 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014397 +/- 0.000047 |
| Radial velocity | (4316 +/- 14) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(185 ± 13) x 10 6 ly (56.7 ± 4.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 28, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1680 • PGC 16058 • ESO 203-004 • 2MASX J04483401-474859 • LDCE 0333 NED003 | |
NGC 1680 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Painter in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 185 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on December 28, 1834 .