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It sits within the topics Astronomical objects discovered in 1826, Barred spiral galaxies and Discoveries by James Dunlop.

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Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
Sy2
Redshift
z = 0.003520963424533896
Coordinates
RA 59.3643° · Dec -46.2107°
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Key facts

Constellation
Horologium
Right ascension
03 57 27.4555
Declination
−46 ° 12 ′ 38.554 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
1053 ± 1 km/s
Distance
48.3 ± 3.4 Mly (14.81 ± 1.04 Mpc )
Group or cluster
NGC 1493 Group (LGG 106)
Type
SB(r)cd
Size
~58,300 ly (17.89 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
2.8′ × 2.8′

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth
14.2
Image
NGC 1493 legacy dr10.jpg
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catalog code
LEDA 14163
Commons category
NGC 1493
right ascension
59.36427682993860
time of discovery or invention
1826-09-02
redshift
0.003516
apparent magnitude
8.806
galaxy morphological type
SBcd
declination
-46.21070228818760
radial velocity
1059
right ascension component of proper motion
0.412
declination component of proper motion
0.711
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 1493 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Horologium. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 1004 ± 4 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 48.3 ± 3.4 Mly (14.81 ± 1.04 Mpc). In addition, six non redshift measurements give a closer distance of 35.38 ± 1.71 Mly (10.848 ± 0.525 Mpc). The galaxy was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop on 2 September 1826.

The SIMBAD database lists NGC 1493 as a Seyfert II Galaxy, i.e. it has a quasar-like nucleus with very high surface brightnesses whose spectra reveal strong, high-ionisation emission lines, but unlike quasars, the host galaxy is clearly detectable.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q949469” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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