PGC 16545

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Galaxy
LEDA / PGC 16545
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NGC 1759 with LEDA 16547 (o)
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AladinLite
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Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 05 h 00 m 50.63 s
declination -38 ° 39 ′ 16.7 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Physical data
Redshift 0.055969 ± 0.000247  
Radial velocity 16,779 ± 74 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(742 ± 52)  ·  10 6  ly
(227.5 ± 16.0)  Mpc
history
Catalog names
PGC  16547 • MCG  -06-12-002 • 2MASX  J05005065-3839169 • 2MASS J05005061-3839164 • GALEX ASC J050050.62-383916.3 • WISEA J050050.61-383916.4

LEDA / PGC 16545 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Gravestones in the southern sky , which is an estimated 742 million light years away from the Milky Way . Together with NGC 1759, it forms an (optical?) Pair of galaxies.

The Type Ia supernova SN 2012he was observed here.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. Simbad