PGC 13500
| Galaxy LEDA / PGC 13500 |
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| The galaxy LEDA 13500 with LEDA 646697 (lo) imaged by the Hubble space telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 40 m 09.3 s |
| declination | -35 ° 37 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | IB (s) m |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.3 ′ × 1.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 76 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Fornax cluster SSRS group 52 NGC 1316 group LGG 94 |
| Redshift | 0.006764 +/- 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | 2028 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(85 ± 6) x 10 6 ly (26.1 ± 1.8) Mpc |
| diameter | 20,000 ly |
| history | |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1427A • PGC 13500 • ESO 358-049 • MCG -06-09-016 • IRAS F03382-3547 • SGC 033815-3546.9 • AM 0338-354 • FCC 235 • HIPASS J0340-35 | |
LEDA / PGC 13500 (also NGC 1427A ) is an irregular galaxy of the Hubble type IBm in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 85 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter. It is listed as a member of the Fornax galaxy cluster under catalog number FCC 235 .
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1396 , NGC 1399 , NGC 1404 , NGC 1427 .
Web links
Commons : NGC 1427A - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Hubble Space Telescope
- ESO: Island Universes with a Twist July 26, 2006
- NGC 1427A: Galaxy in Motion - Astronomy Picture of the Day of March 4, 2005 (English).