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Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
GiP
Redshift
z = 0.016545
Morphology
SBa/Sb
Coordinates
RA 70.0380° · Dec 7.3495°
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Key facts

Constellation
Taurus
Right ascension
04 40 09.1088
Declination
+07 ° 20 ′ 58.172 ″
Redshift
0.016 632 ± 0.000 007 00
Heliocentric radial velocity
4,986 ± 2 km/s
Distance
187.87 ± 5.23 Mly (57.600 ± 1.604 Mpc )
Group or cluster
NGC 1762 Group (LGG 120)
Type
SAB(s)ab
Size
~68,900 ly (21.14 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
1.0′ × 0.9′

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
galaxy group
Constellation
Taurus
Distance from Earth
67.68
Image
NGC 1633 DSS.jpg
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catalog code
LEDA 15774
discoverer or inventor
William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1798-12-09
redshift
0.016642
apparent magnitude
10.332
galaxy morphological type
SBa/Sb
right ascension
70.0379333
declination
7.3493806
radial velocity
4919
epoch
J2000.0
Commons category
NGC 1633
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 1633 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation of Taurus. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 4,930±4 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 237.1 ± 16.6 Mly (72.71 ± 5.09 Mpc). However, three non-redshift measurements give a closer mean distance of 187.87 ± 5.23 Mly (57.600 ± 1.604 Mpc). It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 9 December 1798.

NGC 1762 Group

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 1633” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.