NGC 1682
| Galaxy NGC 1682 |
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![NGC 1684 & NGC 1682 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC_1682_DSS.jpg)
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| NGC 1684 & NGC 1682 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Orion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 52 m 19.791 s |
| declination | -03 ° 06 ′ 21.12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA? 0-: / pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014657 ± 0.000070 |
| Radial velocity | (4394 ± 21) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(192 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (59.0 ± 4.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 1, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1782 • PGC 16211 • MCG -01-13-028 • 2MASX J04521977-0306209 • GC 919 • H II 527 • G ALEX ASC J045219.78-030621.7 • LDCE 351 NED010 • NVSS J045219-030620 | |
NGC 1682 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the Orion constellation on the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 192 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years across. Presumably it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair together with NGC 1684 .
The galaxies NGC 1683 , NGC 1685 , NGC 1670 , NGC 1678 are in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on February 1, 1786 by the astronomer William Herschel with an 18.7-inch telescope.