| NGC 1510 | |
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 NGC 1510 sitting slightly southeast of spiral galaxyNGC 1512 (ultraviolet image) | |
| Observation data (J2000.0epoch) | |
| Constellation | Horologium |
| Right ascension | 04h 03m 32.6s[1] |
| Declination | −43° 24′ 00″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.003045 |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 913 ± 10km/s[1] |
| Distance | 38 Mly (12 Mpc)[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.40[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.40[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SA0^0 pec?, BCD[3] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.3 x 0.7 |
| Other designations | |
| PGC 014375,MCG -7-9-6 | |
NGC 1510 is adwarflenticular galaxy approximately38 millionlight-years away from Earth in theconstellation ofHorologium.[1] It was discovered byJohn Herschel on December 4, 1836.[4][5]
NGC 1510 is under the influence of gravitational tidal forces of the large neighbourbarred spiral galaxyNGC 1512. The two galaxies are separated by only ~5 arcmin (13.8 kpc),[3] and are in the process of a lengthy merger which has been going on for 400 million years.[6] At the end of this process NGC 1512 will have cannibalised its smaller companion.[7]
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