NGC 468

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Galaxy
NGC 468 / IC 92
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation fishes
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 19 m 48.5 s
declination + 32 ° 46 ′ 04 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0 / a  
Brightness  (visual) 14.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.3 mag
Angular expansion 0.7 ′ × 0.4 ′
Position angle 171 °
Surface brightness 12.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.016882 ± 0.000103  
Radial velocity 5061 ± 31 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(233 ± 16)  x  10 6  ly
(71.3 ± 5.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date November 22, 1827
Catalog names
NGC  468 • IC  92 • PGC  4780 • CGCG  502-029 • MCG  + 05-04-020 • 2MASX  J01194842 + 3246046 • GC  265 • h  98 • GALEX ASC J011948.45 + 324603.4

NGC 468 = IC 92 is a lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 233 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 45,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 472 , IC 1666 , IC 1669 , IC 1673 .

The object was discovered on November 22, 1827 by the British astronomer John Herschel .

Web links

Commons : NGC 468  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 468
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sorting key "NGC 0468" overwrites the previously used key "IC0092".