NGC 1924 is a barred spiral galaxy located around 143 million light-years away in the constellation Orion.[2] NGC 1924 was discovered on October 5, 1785 by William Herschel. NGC 1924 is not known to have an Active galactic nucleus, and is not known to have much star-forming regions.[2]

NGC 1924
SDSS image of NGC 1924
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationOrion
Right ascension05h 28m 01.9s[1]
Declination−05° 18′ 39″[1]
Redshift0.008533[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity2,558 km/s[1]
Distance143 million ly (43.85 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)13.24[1]
Characteristics
TypeSBbc[2]
Apparent size (V)1.6' x 1.2'[2]
Other designations
PGC 17319, AGC 450061, 6dFGS gJ052802.0-051838, IRAS F05255-0521, LEDA 17319, 2MASX J05280197-0518383, MCG-01-14-011, NPM1G -05.0244, NVSS J052801-051844

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Results for Object NGC 1924". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Archived from the original on October 18, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 1900 - 1949". Cseligman. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
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