Skip to content
EntityQ1045576· pop 30· linked from 386 articles

galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
Sy2
Redshift
z = 0.006462000973453286
Morphology
SBbc
Coordinates
RA 78.0139° · Dec -15.6878°
View on SIMBAD →

via SIMBAD · CDS Strasbourg

Key facts

Constellation
Lepus
Right ascension
05 12 03.4
Declination
−15 ° 41 ′ 16 ″
Redshift
0.006468 ± 0.000017
Heliocentric radial velocity
1,939 ± 5 km/ s
Distance
78.8 ± 19.0 Mly (24.15 ± 5.8 Mpc )
Type
SB(r)bc
Apparent size v
2.6 ′ × 1.7 ′

via Wikipedia infobox

~2 min read

Encyclopedic overview

NGC 1832 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Lepus. The galaxy lies about 80 million light years away from Earth, which means, given its apparent dimensions, that NGC 1832 is approximately 55,000 light years across. It was discovered by William Herschel on February 4, 1785.

Characteristics

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 1832” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.