NGC 1765

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Galaxy
NGC 1765
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NGC 1765 DSS.jpg
AladinLite
Constellation Swordfish
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 04 h 58 m 24.1 s
declination -62 ° 01 ′ 42 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (l) 0 ^ 0  
Brightness  (visual) 12.9 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.9 likes
Angular expansion 1.2 ′ × 1 ′
Position angle 150 °
Surface brightness 12.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.029507  
Radial velocity 8846 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(387 ± 27)  ·  10 6  ly
(118.6 ± 8.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date December 26, 1834
Catalog names
NGC  1765 • PGC  16444 • ESO  119-024 • 2MASX  J04582416-6201423 • LDCE 0365 NED001

NGC 1765 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Swordfish in the southern sky . It is an estimated 387 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by John Herschel on December 26, 1834 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1765
  3. Seligman