NGC 1784

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Galaxy
NGC 1784
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NGC 1784 DSS.jpg
AladinLite
Constellation Hare
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 05 h 05 m 27.1 s
declination -11 ° 52 ′ 18 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (r) c  
Brightness  (visual) 11.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 12.4 mag
Angular expansion 4.1 ′ × 2.6 ′
Position angle 105 °
Surface brightness 14.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.007735 +/- 0.000010  
Radial velocity 2319 +/- 3 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(99 ± 7)  x  10 6  ly
(30.2 ± 2.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date December 11, 1836
Catalog names
NGC  1784 • PGC  16716 • MCG  -02-13-042 • IRAS  05030-1156 • 2MASX  J05052711-1152171 • LDCE 0371 NED001

NGC 1784 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Lepus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 100 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by John Herschel on December 11, 1836 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1784
  3. Seligman