NGC 1725
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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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- 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.
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