Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.0055861225301918616
- Coordinates
- RA 56.2081° · Dec -21.9207°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Right ascension
- 03 44.498
- Declination
- −21 ° 55 ′
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 1668 ± 8 km/s
- Distance
- 23.5 Mpc (76.6 Mly)
- Type
- E1
- Apparent size v
- 2.4 ′ × 2.2 ′
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- elliptical galaxy
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Distance from Earth
- 22.40
- Image
- NGC 1439 Hubble WikiSky.jpg
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- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 5088506243883949568
- Commons category
- NGC 1439
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1784-12-09
- redshift
- 0.005571
- apparent magnitude
- 8.571
- galaxy morphological type
- E...
- right ascension
- 56.20808265289170
- declination
- -21.92065452441260
- radial velocity
- 1670
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 1439 is an elliptical galaxy located in constellation of Eridanus. Situated about 77 million light years away, it is a member of the Eridanus Cluster of galaxies, a cluster of about 200 galaxies. It was discovered by William Herschel on 9 December 1784.
NGC 1439 has a Hubble classification of E1, which indicates it is an elliptical galaxy with no extensions. It is moving away from the Milky Way at a rate of 1,668 km/s. Its size on the night sky is 2.4' x 2.2' which is proportional to its real size of 54 000 ly.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q1043402” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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