NGC 1892
| Galaxy NGC 1892 |
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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 17 m 09.0 s |
| declination | -64 ° 57 ′ 35 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Scd: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.9 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 74 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004546 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | 1363 ± 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(52 ± 4) x 10 6 ly (16.0 ± 1.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 30, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1892 • PGC 17042 • ESO 85-61 • IRAS 05169-6500 • 2MASX J05170905-6457354 • SGC 051655-6500.8 • GC 1100 • h 2815 • HIPASS J0517-64 • LDCE 0328 NED025 | |
NGC 1892 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Dorado at the southern sky . It is around 52 million light years from the Milky Way and was discovered by John Herschel on November 30, 1834 .