Key facts
- Constellation
- Horologium
- Right ascension
- 04 08 24.1044
- Declination
- −47 ° 53 ′ 48.811 ″
- Redshift
- 0.004 043 ± 0.000 0570
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 1,212 ± 17 km/s
- Distance
- 55.87 ± 3.62 Mly (17.130 ± 1.111 Mpc )
- Group or cluster
- [CHM2007] HDC 257
- Type
- SA(r)0^0
- Size
- ~96,100 ly (29.47 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 3.7′ × 1.4′
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Horologium
- Distance from Earth
- 15.64
- Image
- NGC 1527 legacy dr10.jpg
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- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 4831022851409729408
- Commons category
- NGC 1527
- discoverer or inventor
- James Dunlop
- time of discovery or invention
- 1826-09-28
- redshift
- 0.003916
- apparent magnitude
- 7.630
- galaxy morphological type
- S0:r
- right ascension
- 62.10037494026940
- declination
- -47.89693589708100
- radial velocity
- 1087
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 1527 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Horologium. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 1,178±17 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 56.7 ± 4.1 Mly (17.37 ± 1.27 Mpc). Additionally, 10 non-redshift measurements give a mean distance of 55.87 ± 3.62 Mly (17.130 ± 1.111 Mpc). It was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop on 28 September 1826.
NGC 1527 has a possible active galactic nucleus, i.e. it has a compact region at the center of a galaxy that emits a significant amount of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum, with characteristics indicating that this luminosity is not produced by the stars.
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