NGC 1956
| Galaxy NGC 1956 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Table Mountain |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 19 m 35.3 s |
| declination | -77 ° 43 ′ 43 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 68 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016158 ± 0.000110 |
| Radial velocity | (4844 ± 33) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(208 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (63.8 ± 4.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 22, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1956 • PGC 17102 • ESO 016-002 • 2MASX J05193528-7743434 • SGC 052204-7746.7 • LDCE 0390 NED001 | |
NGC 1956 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation of Table Mountain in the southern sky . It is an estimated 208 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on January 22, 1836 by the astronomer John Herschel .