NGC 1906
| Galaxy NGC 1906 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hare |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 24 m 47.1 s |
| declination | -15 ° 56 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Scd |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 145 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009954 +/- 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 2984 +/- 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(127 ± 9) x 10 6 ly (39.0 ± 2.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | November 12, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1906 • PGC 17243 • MCG -03-14-015 • IRAS 05224-1559 • 2MASX J05244709-1556358 • LDCE 0407 NED003 • LEDA 17243 | |
NGC 1906 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Scd in the constellation Hare north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 127 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 35,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 415 .
The object was discovered by Francis Leavenworth on November 12, 1885 .