NGC 1719 is an edge-on spiral galaxy located around 199 million light-years away in the constellation Orion. It was discovered on November 23, 1827 by the english astronomer John Herschel, and it has a diameter around 90,000 light-years. NGC 1719 is not known to have much star-formation, and it is not known to have an active galactic nucleus.
Galaxy in the constellation Orion
NGC 1719
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- Constellation
- Orion
- Right ascension
- 04h 59m 34.60s
- Declination
- −00° 15′ 38.0″
- Redshift
- 0.013890 ± 9.00e-5
- Distance
- 199 Mly (61.13 Mpc)
- Apparent magnitude (V)
- 13.6
- Magnitude (J)
- 10.639
- Magnitude (H)
- 9.963
- Magnitude (K)
- 9.716
- Type
- Sa? edge-on
- Size
- 90,000 ly
- Apparent size (V)
- 1.096′ × 0.309′
- Notable features
- Emission-Line Galaxy
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