NGC 1792
| Galaxy NGC 1792 |
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| ESO : Image taken with the Very Large Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dove |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 05 m 14.4 s |
| declination | -37 ° 58 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) bc / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 10.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 5.2 ′ × 2.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 137 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC-1808 group, LGG 127 |
| Redshift | 0.004039 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | 1211 ± 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(46 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (14.2 ± 1.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | James Dunlop |
| Discovery date | October 4, 1826 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1792 • PGC 16709 • ESO 305-G006 • MCG -06-12-004 • IRAS 05035-3802 • 2MASX J05051445-3758507 • SGC 050332-3802.8 • GC 1009 • h 2730 • AM 0503-380 • Dun 531 • HIPASS J0505 -37 | |
NGC 1792 is a Hubble-type SA (rs) bc spiral galaxy in the constellation Dove in the southern sky , an estimated 46 million light-years away from the Milky Way .
The galaxy was discovered on October 4th, 1826 by the Scottish astronomer James Dunlop .