Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Distance
- 17,498 light-years
- Redshift
- z = 0.014363269939232428
- Coordinates
- RA 68.1879° · Dec -4.3724°
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Distance from Earth
- 67.13
- Image
- NGC 1609.png
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- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 3201348814327818752
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1786-11-26
- apparent magnitude
- 9.639
- galaxy morphological type
- S0-a
- Commons category
- NGC 1609
- right ascension
- 68.18787739301790
- declination
- -4.37239545151320
- radial velocity
- 4327
- epoch
- J2000.0
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