NGC 1964
| Galaxy NGC 1964 |
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| Image taken with the MPG / ESO 2.2 m telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hare |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 33 m 21.7 s |
| declination | -21 ° 56 ′ 45 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 5.6 ′ × 1.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 32 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 1964 group |
| Redshift | 0.005534 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 1659 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(67 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (20.6 ± 1.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 20, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1964 • PGC 17436 • ESO 554-010 • MCG -04-14-003 • IRAS 5312-2158 • 2MASX J05332175-2156447 • SGC 053115-2158.7 • GC 1170 • H IV 21 • h 2860 • HIPASS J0533-21 • LDCE 399 NED001 | |
NGC 1964 is a bar-spiral galaxy with pronounced spiral arms of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Rabbit in the northern sky . It is an estimated 67 million light years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light years across.
The galaxy is the namesake of the NGC 1964 group , which also includes NGC 1979 , IC 2130 and IC 2137 .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on November 20, 1784 .
Web links
Commons : NGC 1964 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- ESO: Stars and Spirals September 25, 2017
- astronews.com: Picture of the day: September 25, 2017