| NGC 1427A | |
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| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
| 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] |
| Type | IB(s)m[1] |
| Apparent dimensions (V) | 2′.3 × 1′.5[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.4[1] |
| Other designations | |
| PGC 13500[1] | |
| See also: Galaxy, List of galaxies | |
NGC 1427A is an irregular galaxy in the constellation Eridanus. 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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References
- ^ a b c d e f g "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic aDatabase". Results for NGC 1427a. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/. Retrieved 2007-04-21.
- ^ a b c Georgiev, Iskren Y.; Hilker, Michael; Puzia, Thomas H.; Chanamé, Julio; Mieske, Steffen; Goudfrooij, Paul; Reisenegger, Andreas; Infante, Leopoldo (June 2006), "The old globular cluster system of the dIrr galaxy NGC 1427A in the Fornax cluster", Astronomy and Astrophysics 452 (1): 141–153, doi:, http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006A%26A...452..141G
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