NGC 449
| Galaxy NGC 449 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 16 m 07.2 s |
| declination | + 33 ° 05 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') S? / Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 '× 0.5' |
| Position angle | 71 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 26 |
| Redshift | 0.015946 +/- 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | 4780 +/- 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(220 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (67.5 ± 4.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | November 11, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 449 • PGC 4587 • CGCG 502-018 • MCG + 05-04-009 • IRAS 01133 + 3249 • KUG 0113 + 328A • 2MASX J01160722 + 3305218 • Mrk 1 • UZC J011607.3 + 330518 | |
NGC 449 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 220 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 50,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 443 , NGC 447 , NGC 451 , IC 1648 , among others .
The object was discovered on November 11, 1881 by the French astronomer Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan .
Web links
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