NGC 1484 explained
| NGC 1484 |
| Epoch: | J2000.0 |
| Constellation Name: | Fornax |
| Z: | 0.003469 |
| Dist Ly: | 14.9Mpc |
| Appmag V: | 13.93 |
| Type: | SB(s)b?[1] |
| Size V: | 2.5 x 0.6 |
| Names: | ESO 359- G 006, MCG -06-09-036, PGC 014071 |
| Size: | 35,638 light years (estimated) |
| Absmag B: | -19.21 ± 0.20 |
| Mass: | 3.8 (Stellar mass) |
NGC 1484 is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 50 million light-years away[2] from Earth in the constellation of Fornax. It was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on November 28, 1837.[3] NGC 1484 is a member of the Fornax cluster.[4] [5]
Its distance and size on the night sky convert to an approximate size of 35,638 light years, only a third or one-quarter the size of the Milky Way Galaxy.
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database . Results for NGC 1484 . 2024-07-29.
- Web site: Your NED Search Results . 2024-07-29 . ned.ipac.caltech.edu.
- Web site: New General Catalog Objects: NGC 1450 - 1499 . 2024-07-29 . cseligman.com.
- Fouque . P. . Gourgoulhon . E. . Chamaraux . P. . Paturel . G. . 1992-05-01 . Groups of galaxies within 80 Mpc. II. The catalogue of groups and group members. . Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series . 93 . 211–233 . 1992A&AS...93..211F . 0365-0138.
- Morokuma-Matsui . Kana . Bekki . Kenji . Wang . Jing . Serra . Paolo . Koyama . Yusei . Morokuma . Tomoki . Egusa . Fumi . For . Bi-Qing . Nakanishi . Kouichiro . Koribalski . Bärbel S. . Okamoto . Takashi . Kodama . Tadayuki . Lee . Bumhyun . Maccagni . Filippo M. . Miura . Rie E. . 2022-12-01 . CO(J = 1-0) Mapping Survey of 64 Galaxies in the Fornax Cluster with the ALMA Morita Array . The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series . 263 . 2 . 40 . 10.3847/1538-4365/ac983b . free . 2210.08699 . 2022ApJS..263...40M . 0067-0049.
