NGC 1853
| Galaxy NGC 1853 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Swordfish |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 12 m 16.5 s |
| declination | -57 ° 23 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 43 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004710 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 1412 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(54 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (16.7 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | 4th December 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1853 • PGC 16911 • ESO 158-G22 • IRAS 05114-5727 • 2MASX J05121653-5723565 • SGC 051125-5727.4 • GC 1063 • h 2779 • AM 0511-572 • HIPASS J0512-57 | |
NGC 1853 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBcd in the constellation Swordfish in the southern sky . It is around 54 million light years from the Milky Way and was discovered on December 4, 1834 by the British astronomer John Herschel , who used a reflector with an opening of 18.7 inches (47.5 cm).