Astronomy:NGC 1979
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Short description: Elliptical galaxy in the constellation Lepus
| NGC 1979 | |
|---|---|
 legacy surveys image of NGC 1979 | |
| Observation data (J2000.0 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Lepus |
| Right ascension | 05h 34m 01.1s[1] |
| Declination | −23° 18′ 36″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.005667[1] |
| Helio radial velocity | 1799[1] |
| Distance | 101.1 Mly (31.0 Mpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.84[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 11.8[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SO |
| Size | 1.80 x 1.80[3] |
| Other designations | |
| ESO 487-24, MCG -4-14-4, AM 0531-232, PGC 17452 | |
NGC 1979 (also known as ESO 487-24) is a lenticular galaxy in the Lepus constellation. It is about 78 million light-years from the Milky Way.[4] It was discovered by William Herschel on 20 November, 1784[5] and its size is 1.8 by 1.8 arc minutes.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "NED results for object NGC 1979*". NED. http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+1979.
- ↑ "The galaxy NGC 1979". In the Sky. https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC1979.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Object: NGC 1979 (*)". SEDS. http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC1979.
- ↑ "Galaxy NGC 1979". DSO. https://dso-browser.com/deep-sky/2904/ngc-1979/galaxy.
- ↑ "NGC 1979 (= PGC 17452)". cseligman. http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc19a.htm#1979.
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