NGC 1744
| Galaxy NGC 1744 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hare |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 59 m 57.8 s |
| declination | -26 ° 01 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) d |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 7.4 ′ × 3.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 168 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.002472 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | 741 ± 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(27 ± 2) x 10 6 ly (8.13 ± 0.58) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 20, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1744 • PGC 16517 • ESO 486-5 • MCG -04-12-029 • IRAS 04579-2605 • 2MASX J04595780-2601199 • SGC 045756-2606.0 • GC 964 • h 2692 • HIPASS J0459-26 | |
NGC 1744 is a faint barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBcd in the constellation Rabbit south of the celestial equator . It is an estimated 27 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter .
The object was discovered by John Herschel in 1835 with an 18.7-inch Newtonian reflector and was later added to the New General Catalog by Dreyer .
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