NGC 1740
| Galaxy NGC 1740 |
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| SDSS image of the galaxy NGC 1740 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Orion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 01 m 54.8 s |
| declination | -03 ° 17 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 55 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013780 ± 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | 4131 ± 28 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(180 ± 13) x 10 6 ly (55.3 ± 3.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 11, 1830 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1740 • PGC 016589 • MCG -01-13-046 • 2MASX J05015482-0317464 • GC 965 • h 342 • LDCE 351 NED019 | |
NGC 1740 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Orion the northern sky . It is estimated to be 180 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years in diameter .
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 1729 , NGC 1741 , NGC 1753 , IC 399 .
The object was discovered on February 11, 1830 by the astronomer John Herschel .
Web links
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