NGC 476
| Galaxy NGC 476 |
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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 20 m 19.9 s |
| declination | + 16 ° 01 ′ 13 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 102 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020958 ± 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | 6283 ± 19 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(285 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (87.5 ± 6.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | November 3, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 476 • PGC 4814 • CGCG 459-033 • MCG + 03-04-023 • 2MASX J01201992 + 1601126 • GC 5167 • NPM1G +15.0050 | |
NGC 476 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 285 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 40,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 463 and NGC 473 , among others .
The Type Ia supernova SN 2002jy was observed here.
The object was discovered on November 3, 1864 by the German astronomer Albert Marth .
Web links
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