NGC 486
| Galaxy NGC 486 |
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| NGC 492 & NGC 486 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 21 m 43.0 s |
| declination | + 05 ° 20 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.2 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 11.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.047533 ± 0.000120 |
| Radial velocity | 13,912 ± 36 km / s |
| distance | ? Lj |
| history | |
| discovery | Bindon Blood Stoney |
| Discovery date | December 6, 1850 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 486 • PGC 1281966 • 2MASX J01221055 + 0524412 • GC 275 • GALEX ASC J012143.11 + 052047.6 • 2MASS J01214301 + 0520468 • KIG 50 | |
NGC 486 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E0 in the constellation fish on the ecliptic . The galaxies NGC 488 , NGC 490 , NGC 492 , NGC 500 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on December 6, 1850 by the Irish astronomer Bindon Stoney, an assistant to William Parsons .
Web links
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