NGC 1683

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 1683
DSS image of NGC 1683
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Orion
Right ascension	04^h 52^m 17.639^s[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]

See also

• List of NGC objects

References

1. Skrutskie, M.; et al. (2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
2. "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.
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
5. "NGC 1683". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
6. Frommert, Hartmut. "NGC 1683". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-04-13.