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elliptical galaxy in the constellation Eridanus

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
GiG
Redshift
z = 0.01304065161850132
Morphology
E-SO
Coordinates
RA 74.8454° · Dec -11.1324°
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Key facts

Constellation
Eridanus
Right ascension
04 59 22.9
Declination
−11 ° 07 ′ 56 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
3 884 ± 42 km/s
Galactocentric velocity
3 772 ± 42 km/s
Distance
172.8 Mly (53.0 Mpc ) h , 0.73
Type
S0
Size
18.7 × 14.4 h , 0.73 kpc

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
galaxy
Constellation
Eridanus
Distance from Earth
53.02
Image
NGC 1725 DSS.jpg
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discoverer or inventor
Edward Emerson Barnard
catalog code
LEDA 16488
galaxy morphological type
S0
time of discovery or invention
1885-11-10
apparent magnitude
9.385
redshift
0.012956
right ascension
74.8453500
declination
-11.1322583
radial velocity
3884
epoch
J2000.0
Commons category
NGC 1725
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 1725 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Eridanus. The galaxy is listed in the New General Catalogue. It was discovered on November 10, 1885 by the astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard.

In 2009, a type Ia supernova was detected within NGC 1725. It was subsequently designated SN 2009F.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 1725” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.