NGC 1683

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Galaxy
NGC 1683
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NGC 1683 [1]
NGC 1683
AladinLite
Constellation Orion
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 04 h 52 m 17.599 s
declination -03 ° 01 ′ 28.72 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sa? / pec  
Brightness  (visual) 14.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.6 mag
Angular expansion 1 ′ × 0.4 ′
Position angle 162 °
Surface brightness 13.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.013146 ± 0.000117  
Radial velocity 3941 ± 35 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(172 ± 12)  ·  10 6  ly
(52.8 ± 3.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery George Stoney
Discovery date January 1, 1850
Catalog names
NGC  1683 • PGC  16209 • 2MASX  J04521763-0301279 • 2MASS J04521764-0301281 • LDCE 351 NED009 • WISEA J045217.64-030128.3

NGC 1683 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the Orion constellation on the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 172 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years in diameter .

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1678 , NGC 1682 , NGC 1684 , NGC 1685 .

The object was discovered on January 1, 1850 by the astronomer George Johnstone Stoney .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1683
  4. ↑ Seligman