Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.010512487560498052
- Coordinates
- RA 83.8566° · Dec -17.8152°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Lepus
- Right ascension
- 05 35 25.6
- Declination
- −17 ° 48 ′ 55 ″
- Distance
- 143 million
- Type
- SA0^-(rs)
- Apparent size v
- 1.5 x 1.4
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 1993 (also known as ESO 554-14) is a lenticular galaxy located in the Lepus constellation. It was discovered by John Herschel on February 6, 1835. It is about 143 million light years from the Milky Way. Its apparent magnitude is 13.39 and its size is 1.5 arc minutes.
One supernova has been observed in NGC 1993: SN 2024sag (type Ia-91bg-like, mag. 18.7).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 1993” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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