Image derived from data taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation
Eridanus
Right ascension
4h 31m 39.9s[1]
Declination
−5° 05′ 10″[1]
Redshift
0.015614 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity
4681 km/s[1]
Distance
45,770 kpc (149,300 kly)[1]
Group or cluster
group [2]
Apparent magnitude (V)
11.93[1]
Characteristics
Type
E3[1][3] or E4 [4]
Mass
1×1012[2]M☉
Mass/Light ratio
10.58 [2]M☉/L☉
Apparent size (V)
2.5 x 1.7 arcminutes[1]
Other designations
LEDA 15406,[3] PGC 15406[1]
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NGC 1600 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Eridanus, 149 Mly (46 Mpc) away from Earth.[1]
^ abcdefghij"Results for NGC 1600". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
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^ ab"NGC 1600 – Galaxy in Group of Galaxies". SIMBAD.
^Matthias, Michael; Gerhard, Ortwin (1999-12-11). "Dynamics of the boxy elliptical galaxy NGC 1600". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 310 (3): 879–891. arXiv:astro-ph/9901036. Bibcode:1999MNRAS.310..879M. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.03022.x. S2CID 14530337.
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