NGC 1892 | |
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Observation data (2000.0 epoch) | |
Constellation | Dorado |
Right ascension | 05h 17m 9.0s[1] |
Declination | −64° 57′ 35″[1] |
Redshift | 0.004546[1] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 1363 km/s[1] |
Distance | 50,000,000 ly (15,500,000 pc)[2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.2[3] |
Characteristics | |
Type | Scd[2] |
Apparent size (V) | 2.9' × 0.8'[3] |
Other designations | |
MCG+03-01-030, 2MFGC 4320, 2MASX J05170905-6457354, IRAS 05169-6500, PGC 17042[4] |
NGC 1892 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Dorado. It was discovered November 30, 1834 by John Herschel.
A probable supernova of type IIP was photographed by the Carnegie-Irvine Galaxy Survey (CGS) in 2004,[5] but it was not noticed until Brazilian amateur astronomer Jorge Stockler de Moraes compared the CGS image to one he took in January 2017.[6]