NGC 1799

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Galaxy
NGC 1799
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NGC 1799 & NGC 1799 [1]
NGC 1799 & NGC 1799
AladinLite
Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 05 h 07 m 44.62 s
declination -07 ° 58 ′ 09.4 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB0 ^ 0 ^ / pec?  
Brightness  (visual) 13.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.7 mag
Angular expansion 1.1 ′ × 0.6 ′
Position angle 125 °
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.014824 ± 0.000150  
Radial velocity 4444 ± 45 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(194 ± 14)  ·  10 6  ly
(59.4 ± 4.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis Swift
Discovery date February 13, 1887
Catalog names
NGC  1799 • PGC  16783 • MCG  -01-14-001 • 2MASX  J05074461-0758095 • NVSS J050744-075827 • WISEA J050744.60-075809.0

NGC 1799 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 194 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter. Presumably it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair with NGC 1797 .

The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on February 13, 1887 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1799
  4. ↑ Seligman