NGC 415

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Galaxy
NGC 415
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NGC 0415 DSS.jpg
AladinLite
Constellation sculptor
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 10 m 05.7 s
declination -35 ° 29 ′ 27 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (rs) b  
Brightness  (visual) 13.5 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.3 mag
Angular expansion 1.5 ′ × 0.8 ′
Position angle 55 °
Surface brightness 13.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.021655 ± 0.000033  
Radial velocity 6492 ± 10 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(288 ± 20)  x  10 6  ly
(88.3 ± 6.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date September 1, 1834
Catalog names
NGC  415 • PGC  4161 • ESO  352-014 • MCG  -06-03-024 • IRAS  01077-3545 • 2MASX  J01100570-3529265 • SGC  010746-3545.4 • GC  225 • h  2383 • GALEX ASC J011005.58-352926.2 • LDCE 64 NED004

NGC 415 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Sculptor in the southern sky . It is an estimated 288 million light years from the Milky Way and about 120,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of ​​the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 409 .

The object was discovered on September 1, 1834 by the British astronomer John Herschel .

Web links

Commons : NGC 415  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 415
  3. Seligman