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NGC 1427A
Galaxy in the constellation Fornax / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NGC 1427A is an irregular galaxy in the constellation Fornax. Its distance modulus has been estimated using the globular cluster luminosity function to be 31.01 ± 0.21 which is about 52 Mly.[2] It is the brightest dwarf irregular member of the Fornax cluster and is in the foreground of the cluster's central galaxy NGC 1399.[2]
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NGC 1427A | |
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![]() Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 1427A | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Fornax |
Right ascension | 3h 40m 9.3s[1] |
Declination | −35° 37′ 28″[1] |
Redshift | 2028 ± 1 km/s[1] |
Distance | 51.9+5.3 −4.7 Mly (15.9+1.6 −1.4 Mpc)[2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.4[1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | IB(s)m[1] |
Apparent size (V) | 2.3′ × 1.5′[1] |
Other designations | |
PGC 13500[1] |
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