PGC 16640

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Galaxy
LEDA / PGC 16640
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Constellation Swordfish
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 05 h 03 m 17.21 s
declination -63 ° 45 ′ 03.7 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Brightness  (visual) 13.73 mag
Physical data
Redshift 0.016194 ± 0.000031  
Radial velocity 4855 ± 9 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(208 ± 15)  ·  10 6  ly
(63.9 ± 4.5)  Mpc 
history
Catalog names
PGC  16640 • ESO  085-034 • IRAS  05029-6349 • 2MASX  J05031717-6345034 • SGC  050256-6349.2 • GALEX ASC J050317.35-634503.5 • HIPASS J0503-63 • LDCE 357 NED004

LEDA / PGC 16640 is a lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation Dorado at the southern sky , the 208 million light-years from an estimated Milky Way is removed. Together with PGC 16670 it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair .

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Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE