NGC 1699
| Galaxy NGC 1699 |
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![SDSS image from NGC 1699 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC1699_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| SDSS image from NGC 1699 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 56 m 59.63 s |
| declination | -04 ° 45 ′ 24.7 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 155 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013129 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 3936 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(172 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (52.6 ± 3.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Samuel Hunter |
| Discovery date | February 13, 1860 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1699 • PGC 16390 • MCG -01-13-039 • IRAS F04545-0449 • 2MASX J04565963-0445246 • LDCE 351 NED017 • WISEA J045659.64-044524.6 | |
NGC 1699 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Eridanus at the southern sky . It is estimated to be 172 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years across. Presumably it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair with NGC 1700 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1694 .
The Type Ia supernova SN 2001ep was observed here.
The object was discovered by Samuel Hunter on February 13, 1860 .
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