NGC 462
| Galaxy NGC 462 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 18 m 11.0 s |
| declination | + 04 ° 13 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.046495 +/- 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | 13,939 +/- 29 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(626 ± 44) · 10 6 ly (192.0 ± 13.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | October 23, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 462 • PGC 4667 • 2MASX J01181097 + 0413344 • GC 5162 • LEDA 4667 | |
NGC 462 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E0 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is around 626 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 75,000 light years.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 446 , NGC 470 , NGC 474 , NGC 479 .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on October 23, 1864 .
Web links
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