NGC 426
| Galaxy NGC 426 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 12 m 48.6 s |
| declination | -00 ° 17 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E + / NLAGN / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 140 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 168 |
| Redshift | 0.017343 ± 0.000144 |
| Radial velocity | 5199 ± 43 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(235 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (72.1 ± 5.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 20, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 426 • UGC 760 • PGC 4363 • CGCG 385-026 • MCG + 00-04-035 • IRAS F01102-0033 • 2MASX J01124858-0017246 • GC 234 • H III 592 • h 91 • GALEX ASC J011248.55-001723.5 • GIN 57 • LDCE 66 NED009 | |
NGC 426 is an elliptical galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type E3 in the constellation Forest Fish south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 235 million light years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 429 , NGC 430 , IC 1640 , IC 1643 .
The object was discovered on December 20, 1786 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
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