NGC 459
| Galaxy NGC 459 |
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| SDSS image of the galaxy NGC 459 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 18 m 08.2 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 33 ′ 45 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 33 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.042379 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 12436 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(573 ± 40) · 10 6 ly (175.6 ± 12.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 15, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 459 • UGC 832 • PGC 4665 • CGCG 459-024 • MCG + 03-04-017 • 2MASX J01180818 + 1733448 • GC 258 • H III 205 • GALEX ASC J011808.08 + 173344.9 | |
NGC 459 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 573 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 120,000 light-years across.
The type II supernova SN 2011fv was observed here.
The object was discovered on October 15, 1784 by the German-British astronomer William Herschel .
Web links
Commons : NGC 459 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
