NGC 1738
| Galaxy NGC 1738 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hare |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 01 m 46.7 s |
| declination | -18 ° 09 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) bc / pec: / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 38 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013066 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 3917 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(169 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (51.9 ± 3.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ormond Stone |
| Discovery date | December 11, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1738 • PGC 16585 • MCG -03-13-054 • IRAS 04595-1813 • 2MASX J05014670-1809252 • | |
NGC 1738 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SB (s) bc in the constellation Rabbit at the celestial equator , which is an estimated 169 million light years from the Milky Way . Together with NGC 1739 , it forms an interactive pair.
The object was discovered on December 11, 1885 by the astronomer Ormond Stone .