NGC 1692
| Galaxy NGC 1692 |
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![NGC 1692 with LEDA 840050 (lo) & LEDA 16337 (lu) [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC_1692_DSS.jpg)
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| NGC 1692 with LEDA 840050 (lo) & LEDA 16337 (lu) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 55 m 23.7 s |
| declination | -20 ° 34 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) 0 ^ 0 ^: / WLRG / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 5 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.035364 ± 0.000117 |
| Radial velocity | 10,602 ± 35 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(468 ± 33) · 10 6 ly (143.4 ± 10.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ormond Stone |
| Discovery date | December 11, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1692 • PGC 16336 • ESO 552-021 • MCG -03-13-029 • 2MASX J04552373-2034159 • SGC 045314-2039.0 • GALEX ASC J045523.58-203415.8 | |
NGC 1692 is a lenticular galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S0 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 galaxy NGC 1716 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Ormond Stone on December 11, 1885 .