NGC 1809
| Galaxy NGC 1809 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Swordfish |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 02 m 05.0 s |
| declination | -69 ° 34 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.2 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 143 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004336 +/- 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 1300 +/- 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(50 ± 4) x 10 6 ly (15.2 ± 1.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 24, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1809 • PGC 16599 • ESO 56-048 • IRAS 05023-6937 • 2MASX J05020500-6934058 • SGC 050226-6938.3 • GC 1022 • h 2747 • HIPASS J0502-69 • LDCE 0328 NED023 | |
NGC 1809 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Dorado of the Hubble-type Sc in the southern sky , an estimated 50 million light years from the Milky Way . It was discovered on December 24, 1834 by John Herschel with a reflector with an 18.7 ″ aperture and was later listed by Dreyer in the New General Catalog .