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EntityQ772536· pop 34· linked from 369 articles

Also known as New General Catalogue 1510

galaxy in the constellation Horologium

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
GiP
Redshift
z = 0.0033546101889956326
Morphology
S0...
Coordinates
RA 60.8860° · Dec -43.4002°
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Key facts

Constellation
Horologium
Right ascension
04 03 32.6
Declination
−43 ° 24 ′ 00 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
913 ± 10 km/s
Distance
38 M ly (12 Mpc)
Type
SA0^0 pec?, BCD
Apparent size v
1.3 x 0.7

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 1510 is a dwarf lenticular galaxy approximately 38 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Horologium. It was discovered by John Herschel on December 4, 1836.

Gravitational interaction with NGC 1512

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q772536” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.