Q956162
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Right ascension
- 03 46 13.7
- Declination
- −36 ° 41 ′ 47 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 1373 km/s
- Distance
- 65 Mly (19.9 Mpc )
- Absolute magnitude b
- -19.48 ± 0.28
- Type
- SB(rs)0^0
- Mass
- 5.4 × 10 (Stellar mass) /1 × 10 (Total Mass) M ☉
- Size
- ~43,500 ly (13.33 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 1.7 x 1.4
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Wikidata facts
- Distance from Earth
- 18.44
- Image
- NGC 1460.jpg
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- Commons category
- NGC 1460
- catalog code
- FCC 310
- redshift
- 0.004473
- galaxy morphological type
- SB0
- time of discovery or invention
- 1837-11-28
- apparent magnitude
- 9.960
- right ascension
- 56.5572958
- declination
- -36.6963083
- radial velocity
- 1382
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NGC 1460 is a barred lenticular galaxy with a peanut-shaped bar approximately 65 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Eridanus. It was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on November 28, 1837. It is a member of the Fornax cluster.
NGC 1460 is host to a nuclear star cluster with an estimated mass of around 6.7 × 10 M☉, and is also host to a supermassive black hole with an estimated mass of around 6 × 10 M☉. It is also home to a population of around 39 observed globular clusters. There is also a population of 89 planetary nebulae, with 39 of them being observed in the center of the galaxy and 50 of them being observed in the halo of the galaxy.