NGC 619
| Galaxy NGC 619 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sculptor |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 34 m 51.8 s |
| declination | -36 ° 29 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R'_1) SAB (rs) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 130 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028393 ± 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 8512 ± 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(378 ± 26) · 10 6 ly (115.8 ± 8.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 30, 1837 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 619 • PGC 5878 • ESO 353-021 • MCG -06-04-051 • IRAS F01325-3645 • 2MASX J01345179-3629217 • SGC 013238-3644.6 • GC 365 • h 2424 • AM 0132-364 | |
NGC 619 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Sculptor in the southern sky . It is approximately 380 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on November 30, 1837 by the British astronomer John Frederick William Herschel .
Web links
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 619. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on August 29, 2015 .
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database