NGC 1683

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NGC 1683
NGC 1683 DSS.jpg
DSS image of NGC 1683
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Orion
Right ascension 04h 52m 17.639s [1]
Declination −03° 01′ 27.96″ [1]
Redshift 3941 km/s [2]
Helio radial velocity 0.013146 [2]
Distance 175.1  Mly (53.69  Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (B)15.58 [4]
Characteristics
Type Sa? pec sp [2]
Apparent size  (V)1.2′ × 0.4′ [2]
Other designations
NGC 1683, PGC 16209 [5]

NGC 1683 [2] [6] is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Orion. The object was discovered in 1850 by the Irish astronomer William Parsons.

NGC 1682 to NGC 1685 with the legacy surveys. NGC 1683 is the small edge-on galaxy near the middle-right of the image. NGC 1682 NGC 1683 NGC 1684 NGC 1685 legacy dr10.jpg
NGC 1682 to NGC 1685 with the legacy surveys. NGC 1683 is the small edge-on galaxy near the middle-right of the image.

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "NED results for object NGC 1683". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center . Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  3. ↑ Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal. 655 (2): 790–813. arXiv: astro-ph/0610732 . Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C. doi:10.1086/510201. S2CID   11672751.
  4. ↑ Jones, D. Heath; et al. (October 2009), "The 6dF Galaxy Survey: final redshift release (DR3) and southern large-scale structures", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 399 (2): 683–698, arXiv: 0903.5451 , Bibcode:2009MNRAS.399..683J, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15338.x, S2CID   119223679
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