NGC 1992

galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: EmG
Redshift: z = 0.035278
Coordinates: RA 83.6324° · Dec -30.8969°

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Key facts

Constellation: Columba
Right ascension: 05 34 31.8
Declination: −30 ° 53 ′ 49 ″
Redshift: 0.035361 +/- 0.000150
Heliocentric radial velocity: 10601 +/- 45
Distance: 473 million
Type: SA0/a?(rs)
Apparent size v: 1.0 x 0.7 arc minutes

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: lenticular galaxy
Constellation: Columba
Distance from Earth: 158.18
Image: NGC 1992 DSS.jpg

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catalog code: Gaia DR2 2902425378358689024
discoverer or inventor: John Frederick William Herschel
time of discovery or invention: 1835-11-19
redshift: 0.035278
apparent magnitude: 10.599
galaxy morphological type: Sa:
right ascension: 83.63235420116720
declination: -30.89693516173460
radial velocity: 10390
epoch: J2000.0
Commons category: NGC 1992

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 1992 (also known as PGC 17466) is a lenticular galaxy located in the Columba constellation. It was discovered by John Herschel on November 19, 1835. It is about 473 million light years from the Milky Way, Its apparent magnitude is 14.65 and its size is 1.0 x 0.7 arc minutes.

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