NGC 424
| Galaxy NGC 424 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sculptor |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 11 m 27.6 s |
| declination | -38 ° 05 ′ 00 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SB (r) 0 / a / Sy1Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 60 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011764 ± 0.000031 |
| Radial velocity | 3527 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(155 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (47.6 ± 3.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 30, 1837 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 424 • PGC 4274 • ESO 296-004 • MCG -06-03-026 • IRAS 01091-3820 • 2MASX J01112766-3805006 • SGC 010910-3820.9 • GC 233 • h 2389 • GALEX ASC J011127.64-380500.3 | |
NGC 424 is a lenticular galaxy with an active galaxy core of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Sculptor in the southern sky . It is an estimated 155 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 438 .
The object was discovered on November 30, 1837 by the British astronomer John Herschel .
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Individual evidence