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NGC 1540

spiral galaxy in the constellation Eridanus
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NGC 1540

Summary

NGC 1540 is an interacting galaxy[1]. NGC 1540 has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 1540 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel[3].
  • NGC 1540's image is recorded as NGC 1540 DSS.jpg[4].
  • NGC 1540's instance of is recorded as interacting galaxy[5].
  • NGC 1540's instance of is recorded as spiral galaxy[6].
  • NGC 1540's constellation is recorded as Eridanus[7].
  • NGC 1540's galaxy morphological type is recorded as Sa/P[8].
  • NGC 1540's Commons category is recorded as NGC 1540[9].
  • NGC 1540's catalog code is recorded as NGC 1540[10].
  • NGC 1540's catalog code is recorded as ESO 420-14[11].
  • NGC 1540's catalog code is recorded as IRAS 04131-2836[12].
  • NGC 1540's catalog code is recorded as IRAS F04131-2836[13].
  • NGC 1540's catalog code is recorded as PGC 14734[14].
  • NGC 1540's catalog code is recorded as AM 0413-283[15].
  • NGC 1540's catalog code is recorded as SGC 041309-2836.4[16].
  • NGC 1540's catalog code is recorded as PSCz Q04131-2836[17].
  • NGC 1540's catalog code is recorded as APMBGC 420-001-079[18].
  • NGC 1540's catalog code is recorded as USGC S140[19].
  • NGC 1540's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1834-11-06T00:00:00Z[20].
  • NGC 1540's redshift is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.018293'}[21].
  • NGC 1540's redshift is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.018'}[22].
  • NGC 1540's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.9'}[23].
  • NGC 1540's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3674704', 'amount': '+5565'}[24].
  • NGC 1540's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/122xl0ff[25].
  • NGC 1540's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 1540[26].
  • NGC 1540's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 1540[27].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 1540 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 1540 has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Optical Classification of Southern Warm Infrared Galaxies. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . The southern sky redshift survey. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). NGC 1540. Retrieved May 7, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/q1043943
MLA “NGC 1540.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 7 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/q1043943.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_q1043943_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{NGC 1540}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/q1043943}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-07}}
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