NGC 451
| Galaxy NGC 451 / IC 1661 |
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| NGC 451 & NGC 449 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 16 m 12.4 s |
| declination | + 33 ° 03 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 35 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 26 |
| Redshift | 0.016278 +/- 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 4880 +/- 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(225 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (68.9 ± 4.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan |
| Discovery date | November 10, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 451 • IC 1661 • PGC 4594 • CGCG 502-019 • MCG + 05-04-011 • KUG 0113 + 328B • 2MASX J01161239 + 3303507 • Mrk 976 • LEDA 4594 | |
NGC 451 = IC 1661 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sc in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 225 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 45,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 443 , NGC 447 , NGC 449 , IC 1648 , among others .
The object was discovered on November 10, 1881 by the French astronomer Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan .
Web links
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Individual evidence
Attention: The sorting key "NGC 0451" overwrites the previously used key "IC1661".