NGC 479
| Galaxy NGC 479 |
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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 21 m 15.7 s |
| declination | + 03 ° 51 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) bc: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 156 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017462 +/- 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | 5235 +/- 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(237 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (72.7 ± 5.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | October 27, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 479 • UGC 893 • PGC 4905 • CGCG 411-031 • MCG + 01-04-031 • 2MASX J01211572 + 0351440 • GC 5168 • LEDA 4905 | |
NGC 479 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It's about 237 million light years away and about 75,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 446 , NGC 467 , NGC 470 , NGC 520 .
The object was discovered on October 27, 1864 by the German astronomer Albert Marth .
Web links
Commons : NGC 479 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
