Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Eridanus (Eri)  ·  Contains:  IC 2041  ·  NGC 1531  ·  NGC 1532
NGC1532, Bernie Bernard
NGC1532
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NGC1532

NGC1532, Bernie Bernard
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NGC1532

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NGC 1532 located in Eridanus it was discovered by James Dunlop in October 1826 at Paramatta NSW. The galaxy Is an edge on barred spiral which is interacting with the amorphous dwarf galaxy NGC1531. The tidal forces from this interaction have created plumes above the disk of NGC1532.

The galaxy lies at a distance of 57.8Mly and has a diameter of 210Kly

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NGC1532, Bernie Bernard