NGC 1875
| Galaxy NGC 1875 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Orion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 21 m 45.7 s |
| declination | + 06 ° 41 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E2 / AGN? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 20 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.030000 ± 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | 8994 ± 30 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(399 ± 28) · 10 6 ly (122.2 ± 8.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | November 18, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1875 • PGC 17171 • CGCG 421-039 • MCG + 01-14-031 • 2MASX J05023235-0320394 • Arp 327 • HCG 34A • VV 169 • LDCE 0381 NED013 | |
NGC 1875 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E-S0 in the constellation Orion in the northern sky . It is an estimated 399 million light years from the Milky Way . The galaxy forms together with PGC 17173 , PGC 17175 and PGC 17176 the galaxy group Arp 327 ( Hickson Compact Group HCG = 34 ).
Halton Arp organized his catalog of unusual galaxies into groups according to purely morphological criteria. This group of galaxies belongs to the class of galaxies .
The object was discovered by the astronomer Albert Marth on November 18, 1863.
Web links
literature
- Jeff Kanipe and Dennis Webb: The Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies - A Chronicle and Observer's Guide , Richmond 2006, ISBN 978-0-943396-76-7