NGC 431
| Galaxy data from NGC 431 |
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| SDSS image from NGC 431 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 14 m 04.5 s |
| declination | + 33 ° 42 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 '× 0.9' |
| Position angle | 20 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019107 +/- 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 5728 +/- 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(263 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (80.5 ± 5.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 22, 1827 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 431 • UGC 776 • PGC 4437 • CGCG 502-008 / 501-132 • MCG + 05-04-002 • 2MASX J01140455 + 3342149 • GC 240 • h 95 • LEDA 4437 | |
NGC 431 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Andromeda in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 263 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 105,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 443 , IC 1636 , IC 1638 , IC 1648 .
The object was discovered on November 22, 1827 by the British astronomer John Herschel .
Web links
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