PGC 73958

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Galaxy
LEDA / PGC 73958
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NGC 543 with LEDA 73958 (above) & LEDA 5314 [1] (below) SDSS mount
NGC 543 with LEDA 73958 (above) & LEDA 5314 (below) SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 25 m 52.45 s
declination -01 ° 15 ′ 59.7 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E.  
Brightness  (B-band) 16.20 mag
Angular expansion 0.5 ′ × 0.3 ′
Physical data
Affiliation Abell 194  
Redshift 0.021035 ± 0.000117  
Radial velocity 6306 ± 35 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(284 ± 20)  x  10 6  ly
(87.1 ± 6.1)  Mpc 
history
Catalog names
PGC  73958 • 2MASX  J01255244-0115594 • 2MASS J01255245-0115599 • GALEX ASC J012552.50-011558.4 • NSA 62314 • WISEA J012552.44-011559.0

LEDA / PGC 73958 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 284 million light years from the Milky Way .

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 541 , NGC 543 , NGC 545 , NGC 547 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d e f NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE