NGC 1725
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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 1725 is referenced by 487 other articles, and connects out to list of NGC objects (1001–2000), NGC 1854 and NGC 1974.
It sits within the topics Eridanus (constellation), Lenticular galaxies and NGC objects.
Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.01304065161850132
- Morphology
- E-SO
- Coordinates
- RA 74.8454° · Dec -11.1324°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Right ascension
- 04 59 22.9
- Declination
- −11 ° 07 ′ 56 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 3 884 ± 42 km/s
- Galactocentric velocity
- 3 772 ± 42 km/s
- Distance
- 172.8 Mly (53.0 Mpc ) h , 0.73
- Type
- S0
- Size
- 18.7 × 14.4 h , 0.73 kpc
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Wikidata facts
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- discoverer or inventor
- Edward Emerson Barnard
- catalog code
- LEDA 16488
- galaxy morphological type
- S0
- time of discovery or invention
- 1885-11-10
- apparent magnitude
- 9.385
- redshift
- 0.012956
- right ascension
- 74.8453500
- declination
- -11.1322583
- radial velocity
- 3884
- epoch
- J2000.0
- Commons category
- NGC 1725
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 1725 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Eridanus. The galaxy is listed in the New General Catalogue. It was discovered on November 10, 1885 by the astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard.
In 2009, a type Ia supernova was detected within NGC 1725. It was subsequently designated SN 2009F.
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