NGC 427
| Galaxy NGC 427 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sculptor |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 12 m 19.2 s |
| declination | -32 ° 03 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SB (r) a: / Sy1.2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.033897 ± 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | 10,162 ± 19 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(452 ± 32) · 10 6 ly (138.7 ± 9.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 25, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 427 • PGC 4333 • ESO 412-014 • MCG -05-04-007 • 2MASX J01121922-3203399 • SGC 010959-3219.6 • GC 236 • h 2390 • LEDA 697383 • USGC S038 NED02 | |
NGC 427 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Sculptor in the southern sky . It is an estimated 452 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 135,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 439 , NGC 441 , IC 1657 , among others .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on September 25, 1834 .
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