NGC 1716
| Galaxy NGC 1716 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hare |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 58 m 13.3 s |
| declination | -20 ° 21 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 20 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022742 ± 0.000087 |
| Radial velocity | 6818 ± 26 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(299 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (91.6 ± 6.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 11, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1716 • PGC 16434 • ESO 552-034 • MCG -03-13-038 • IRAS 04560-2026 • 2MASX J04581333-2021487 • SGC 045603-2026.4 • NVSS J045813-202147 • LDCE 359 NED002 | |
NGC 1716 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Rabbit ( Latin Lepus ) in the southern sky . It is an estimated 299 million light years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxy NGC 1692 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on December 11, 1835 .
Web links
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database NGC 1716 - Galaxy in Group of Galaxies. Retrieved September 13, 2019 .