NGC 1800
| Galaxy NGC 1800 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dove |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 06 m 25.7 s |
| declination | -31 ° 57 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | IB (s) m / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 113 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 128 |
| Redshift | 0.002692 +/- 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | 807 +/- 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(29 ± 2) · 10 6 ly (8.8 ± 0.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 19, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1800 • PGC 16745 • ESO 422-30 • MCG -05-13-04 • IRAS 05045-3201 • 2MASX J05062573-3157152 • SGC 050433-3201.2 • GC 1013 • h 2732 • AM 0504-320 • HIPASS J0506-31 | |
NGC 1800 is an irregular galaxy in the constellation Columba (dove) in the southern sky . It is some 29 million light years away from the Milky Way and was discovered by John Herschel on November 19, 1835 with an 18.7-inch reflecting telescope.