NGC 1694
| Galaxy NGC 1694 |
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![SDSS image from NGC 1694 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC1694_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| SDSS image from NGC 1694 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 55 m 16.818 s |
| declination | -04 ° 39 ′ 09.62 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (r:) 0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 '× 0.7' |
| Position angle | 34 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013056 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 3914 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(171 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (52.4 ± 3.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | January 9, 1880 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1694 • PGC 016335 • MCG -01-13-035a • 2MASX J04551680-0439098 • LDCE 351 NED015 • NSA 133996 • WISEA J045516.84-043909.5 | |
NGC 1694 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Eridanus at the southern sky . It is estimated to be 171 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years across.
The galaxies NGC 1699 , NGC 1700 , IC 2102 are in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on January 9, 1880 by the French astronomer Édouard Stephan .
Web links
Commons : NGC 1694 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
