NGC 276
| Galaxy NGC 276 / IC 1591 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 52 m 06.6 s |
| declination | -22 ° 40 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (r) b? / pec / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.00 x 0.4 |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.046826 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 14,038 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(628 ± 44) · 10 6 ly (192.4 ± 13.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Frank Muller |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 276 • IC 1591 • PGC 3054 • ESO 474-034 • MCG -04-03-021 • IRAS 00496-2257 • 2MASX J00520656-2240486 • SGC 004939-2257.1 • AM 0049-225 | |
NGC 276 = IC 1591 is a barred spiral galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type SBb in the constellation Cetus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 628 million light years from the Milky Way and about 185,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered in 1886 by the American astronomer Frank Muller .
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Attention: The sorting key "NGC 0276" overwrites the previously used key "IC1591".