NGC 1683

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NGC 1683
J2000 epoch)
ConstellationOrion
Right ascension04h 52m 17.639s[1]
Declination−03° 01′ 27.96″[1]
Redshift3941 km/s[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity0.013146[2]
Distance175.1 Mly (53.69 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)15.58[4]
Characteristics
TypeSa? pec sp[2]
Apparent size (V)1.2′ × 0.4′[2]
Other designations
NGC 1683, PGC 16209[5]

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 1682 to NGC 1685 with the legacy surveys. NGC 1683 is the small edge-on galaxy near the middle-right of the image.

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