NGC 1759
| Galaxy NGC 1759 |
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![NGC 1759 with LEDA 16547 (o) [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC_1759_DSS.jpg)
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| NGC 1759 with LEDA 16547 (o) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Digger |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 00 m 49.04 s |
| declination | -38 ° 40 ′ 26.0 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E +: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 '× 1.2' |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 3301 |
| Redshift | 0.054241 ± 0.000220 |
| Radial velocity | 16,261 ± 66 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(719 ± 51) · 10 6 Lj (220.4 ± 15.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 28, 1837 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1759 • PGC 16545 • ESO 305-001 • MCG -06-12-001 • 2MASX J05004903-3840259 • SGC 045907-3844.8 • 2MASS J05004906-3840260 • NVSS J050049-384018 • WISEA J050049.05-384026.1 | |
NGC 1759 is a cD galaxy of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Gravestones in the southern sky . It is an estimated 719 million light years from the Milky Way and about 260,000 light years in diameter. Possibly it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair together with PGC 16545 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on November 28, 1837 .