NGC 441
| Galaxy data from NGC 441 |
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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 51.2 s |
| declination | -31 ° 47 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R'L) SB (rl) 0 / a / LLAGN |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018800 +/- 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | 5636 +/- 19 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(250 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (76.7 ± 5.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 27, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 441 • PGC 4429 • ESO 412-019 • MCG -05-04-016 • IRAS F01115-3202 • 2MASX J01135125-3147180 • SGC 11131-3203.1 • GC 248 • h 2395 • LEDA 4429 • LDCE 77 NED007 | |
NGC 441 is a lenticular galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the Sculptor constellation in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 250 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 105,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 427 , NGC 439 , IC 1657 , IC 1663 .
The object was discovered on September 27, 1834 by the British astronomer John Herschel .
Web links
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