NGC 478
| Galaxy NGC 478 |
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![NGC 478 with LEDA 815231 [1] (lo) SDSS recording](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC478_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 478 with LEDA 815231 (lo) SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 20 m 09.3 s |
| declination | -22 ° 22 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 83 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022596 |
| Radial velocity | 6774 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(302 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (92.7 ± 6.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 478 • PGC 4803 • ESO 476-3 • MCG -04-04-005 • IRAS 01177-2238 • KUG 0117-226 • 2MASX J01200883-2222386 • SGC 011745-2238.4 • VV 398 • GALEX ASC J012009.29-222240.2 | |
NGC 478 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 302 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered in 1886 by the American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth .
Web links
Commons : NGC 478 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
