NGC 1723
| Galaxy NGC 1723 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 59 m 25.9 s |
| declination | -10 ° 58 ′ 50 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) a / pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.6 ′ × 1.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 144 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012479 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | (3741 ± 7) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(162 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (49.7 ± 3.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Temple |
| Discovery date | January 12, 1882 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1723 • PGC 16493 • MCG -02-13-029 • IRAS 04571-1103 • 2MASX J04592589-1058504 • LDCE 354 NED010 | |
NGC 1723 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is an estimated 162 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 125,000 ly. In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1721 , NGC 1725 , NGC 1728 .
The object was discovered on January 12th, 1882 by Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel .
Web links
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