NGC 482
| Galaxy NGC 482 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Phoenix |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 20 m 20.4 s |
| declination | -40 ° 57 ′ 58 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.2 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 84 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021908 +/- 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | 6568 +/- 28 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(291 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (89.1 ± 6.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 23, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 482 • PGC 4823 • ESO 296-013 • MCG -07-03-017 • IRAS F01181-4113 • 2MASX J01202040-4057579 • SGC 011806-4113.6 • GC 271 • h 2405 • AM 0118-411 | |
NGC 482 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Phoenix on southern sky . It is estimated to be 126 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered on October 23, 1835 by the British astronomer John Herschel .