NGC 461
| Galaxy NGC 461 |
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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 17 m 20.6 s |
| declination | -33 ° 50 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) c: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 23 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018936 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 5642 ± 19 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(252 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (77.2 ± 5.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 25, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 461 • PGC 4636 • ESO 352-033 • MCG -06-04-002 • IRAS 01150-3406 • 2MASX i J0117206-335027 • GC 260 • h 2400 • GALEX ASC J011720.53-335027.6 | |
NGC 461 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Sculptor in the southern sky . It is an estimated 252 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years across.
The object was discovered on September 25, 1834 by the British astronomer John Herschel .
Web links
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