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NGC 1515

barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Dorado
Thing emission_line_galaxy Q1043828

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
emission-line galaxy, spiral galaxy[3]
Part of
NGC 1566, Wikidata item, Wikidata item, Wikidata item[7][8][9][10]
Apparent magnitude
7.83 (7.83–16.6, n=8)
Catalog code
NGC 1515, IRAS 04028-5414, PGC 14397, ESO 156-36, 2MASX J04040271-5406002, AM 0402-541, ESO-LV 156-0360, 6dFGS gJ040402.7-540601, SGC 040250-5414.3, PSCz Q04028-5414, HIPASS J0404-54, LEDA 14397, Gaia DR2 4779841276625384960[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]
Constellation
Dorado[4]
Declination
-54.1001418570668
Discoverer or inventor
James Dunlop[2]
Distance from Earth
17.54
Epoch
J2000.0
Galaxy morphological type
SAB(s)bc, 3.0[5][6]
Radial velocity
1182.0
Redshift
0.003649
Right ascension
61.0111503592346
Time of discovery or invention
November 5, 1826
🏷️ Also known as
en NGC 1515 it PGC 14397 ESO 156-36 ARP 0402-541 IRAS 04028-5414
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
NGC1515 - Iotw2152a.jpg ↗
Gaia ID
4779841276625384960
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/120rlpg9
New General Catalogue ID
1515
Principal Galaxies Catalogue ID
14397
SIMBAD ID
NGC 1515

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Constellation 1
Dorado
Discoverer or inventor 1
James Dunlop
Epoch 1
J2000.0
Instance of 1
spiral galaxy
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Summary

NGC 1515 is an emission-line galaxy[1].

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James Dunlop

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved . ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . The surface photometry catalogue of the ESO-Uppsala galaxies. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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