NGC 438
| Galaxy data from NGC 438 |
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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 13 m 34.1 s |
| declination | -37 ° 54 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R'_1) SAB: (rs) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 36 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011641 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 3490 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(154 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (47.1 ± 3.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 1, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 438 • PGC 4406 • ESO 296-007 • MCG -06-03-029 • IRAS 01112-3810 • 2MASX J01133415-3754057 • SGC 011116-3810.0 • GC 245 • h 2393 • GALEX ASC J011334.15-375407.0 | |
NGC 438 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Sculptor in the southern sky . It is an estimated 154 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 424 .
The object was discovered on September 1, 1834 by the British astronomer John Herschel .
Web links
Commons : NGC 438 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
