NGC 437

Summary

NGC 437 is a lenticular galaxy of type S0/a located in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on October 22, 1886 by Lewis Swift. It was described by Dreyer as "pretty faint, very small, round, faint star to northwest."[2]

NGC 437
NGC 437
SDSS view of NGC 437
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPisces
Right ascension01h 14m 22.3s[1]
Declination+05° 55′ 37″[1]
Redshift0.017649[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity5,291 km/s[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)13.79[1]
Absolute magnitude (V)-20.66[1]
Characteristics
TypeS0/a[1]
Apparent size (V)1.3' × 1.0'[1]
Other designations
UGC 788, CGCG 411-009, MCG +01-04-005, 2MASX J01142229+0555366, PGC 4464.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0436. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  2. ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 400 - 449". Cseligman. Retrieved April 20, 2017.

External links edit

  •   Media related to NGC 437 at Wikimedia Commons