NGC 1725
| Galaxy NGC 1725 |
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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 22.9 s |
| declination | -11 ° 07 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 20 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012956 ± 0.000140 |
| Radial velocity | 3884 ± 42 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(169 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (51.7 ± 3.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edward Emerson Barnard |
| Discovery date | November 10, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1725 • PGC 16488 • MCG -02-13-028 • 2MASX J04592288-1107561 • VCC 699 NED02 • LDCE 354 NED009 | |
NGC 1725 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Eridanus at the southern sky . It is an estimated 169 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 60,000 ly.
The galaxies NGC 1721 , NGC 1723 , NGC 1728 are located in the same area of the sky .
The Type Iap supernova SN 2009F was observed here.
The object was discovered on November 10, 1885 by Edward Emerson Barnard .
Web links
Commons : NGC 1725 - Collection of Images
