NGC 1726
| Galaxy NGC 1726 |
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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 41.9 s |
| declination | -07 ° 45 ′ 19 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) 0 ^ 0 ^: |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013326 ± 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | 3995 ± 17 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(174 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (53.3 ± 3.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 8, 1831 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1726 • PGC 16508 • MCG -01-13-042 • 2MASX J04594189-0745185 • 2MASS J04594188-0745189 • LDCE 362 NED003 | |
NGC 1726 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 174 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years across. The galaxies NGC 1720 , NGC 1752 , IC 398 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on January 8, 1831 by John Herschel .