NGC 1616

spiral galaxy in the constellation Caelum

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: GiG
Redshift: z = 0.015029923063672346
Coordinates: RA 68.1739° · Dec -43.7159°

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Key facts

Constellation: Caelum
Right ascension: 04 32 41.80
Declination: −43 ° 42 ′ 55.00 ″
Redshift: 0.01488±0.000033
Distance: 213 Mly (65.58 M pc )
Type: SAB(rs)bc pec?
Size: 116,000 ly
Apparent size v: 1.905′ × 1′
Notable features: N/A

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: spiral galaxy
Constellation: Caelum
Distance from Earth: 65.58
Image: NGC 1616 DSS.jpg

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catalog code: APMBGC 251+084-068
galaxy morphological type: Sbc
discoverer or inventor: John Frederick William Herschel
time of discovery or invention: 1835-10-24
apparent magnitude: 9.677
right ascension: 68.1738875
declination: -43.7158917
radial velocity: 4472
redshift: 0.014880
epoch: J2000.0
Commons category: NGC 1616

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 1616 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located around 213 million light-years away in the constellation Caelum. NGC 1616 was discovered on October 24, 1835, by the astronomer John Herschel, and its diameter is 116,000 light-years across. NGC 1616 is not known to have much star-formation, and it is not known to have an active galactic nucleus.

References

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