Key facts
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Right ascension
- 04h 40m 09.8s
- Declination
- +07° 20′ 20″
- Distance
- 64.21 Mpc (209,400,000 ly) ± 4.51 Mpc
- Type
- Lenticular galaxy
- Size
- 0.4′ × 0.3′
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Distance from Earth
- 59.91
- Image
- NGC 1634 DSS.jpg
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- catalog code
- LEDA 15775
- declination
- 7.33874756774630
- galaxy morphological type
- E
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1798-12-09
- apparent magnitude
- 10.471
- right ascension
- 70.04075491206770
- redshift
- 0.014710
- radial velocity
- 4411
- epoch
- J2000.0
- Commons category
- NGC 1634
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 1634 is a small lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Taurus. It was discovered by the German-born British astronomer William Herschel in 1798.
Characteristics
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