NGC 1879
| Galaxy NGC 1879 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dove |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 19 m 48.2 s |
| declination | -32 ° 08 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) w |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.5 ′ × 1.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 60 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004136 +/- 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 1240 +/- 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(48 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (14.7 ± 1.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 18, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1879 • UGC A 110 • PGC 17113 • ESO 423-006 • MCG -05-13-016 • IRAS 05178-3211 • 2MASX i J0519482-320833 • SGC 051756-3211.5 • GC 1088 • h 2797 • LDCE 0384 NED003 | |
NGC 1879 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBm in the constellation Columba in the southern sky , which is an estimated 48 million light years away from the Milky Way .
It was discovered on November 18, 1835 by John Herschel with a reflector with an 18.7 ″ aperture and later listed by Dreyer in the New General Catalog .