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NGC 1706
NGC 1706 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Dorado
Right ascension	04^h 52^m 31.0284^s^[1]
Declination	−62° 59′ 08.398″^[1]
Redshift	0.016308±0.0000870^[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	4,889±26 km/s^[1]
Distance	236.4 ± 16.6 Mly (72.49 ± 5.10 Mpc)^[1]
Group or cluster	ESO 85-38 Group (LGG 125)^[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.53^[1]
Characteristics
Type	SA(rs)ab^[1]
Size	~165,400 ly (50.72 kpc) (estimated)^[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.4′ × 1.0′^[1]
Other designations
ESO 085- G 007, 2MASX J04523101-6259089, PGC 16220^[1]

NGC 1706 is a large spiral galaxy in the constellation of Dorado. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 4,915±26 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 236.4 ± 16.6 Mly (72.49 ± 5.10 Mpc).^[1] It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 25 December 1837.^[3]

NGC 1706 has a possible active galactic nucleus, i.e. it has a compact region at the center of a galaxy that emits a significant amount of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum, with characteristics indicating that this luminosity is not produced by the stars.^[4]^[5]

ESO 85-38 Group

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NGC 1706 is a member of the ESO 85-38 Group (also known as LGG 125). The other two galaxies in the group are NGC 1771 [fr] and ESO 85-38 [de].^[2]^[6]

References

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Results for object NGC 1706". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. NASA and Caltech. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
1 2 Garcia, A. M. (1993). "General study of group membership. II. Determination of nearby groups". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 100: 47. Bibcode:1993A&AS..100...47G.
↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue Objects: NGC 1706". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
↑ Asmus, D.; Greenwell, C. L.; Gandhi, P.; Boorman, P. G.; Aird, J.; Alexander, D. M.; Assef, R. J.; Baldi, R. D.; Davies, R. I.; Hönig, S. F.; Ricci, C.; Rosario, D. J.; Salvato, M.; Shankar, F.; Stern, D. (2020). "Local AGN survey (LASr): I. Galaxy sample, infrared colour selection, and predictions for AGN within 100 MPC". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 494 (2): 1784. arXiv:2003.05959. Bibcode:2020MNRAS.494.1784A. doi:10.1093/mnras/staa766.
↑ "NGC 1706". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
↑ "LGG 125". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 3 August 2026.

External links

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Media related to NGC 1706 at Wikimedia Commons
NGC 1706 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images

Constellation of Dorado

Stars

Bayer	α β γ δ ε ζ η¹ η² θ κ λ ν π¹ π²
Variable	R (P) S WZ AB BB
HR	1859 1917 (G) 2102
HD	27274 28254 30177 32034 33579 37836 37974 38029 38282 269810 271182
Other	B90 BAT99-7 BAT99-66 BAT99-68 BAT99-98 BAT99-104 BAT99-123 BI 253 Gliese 163 HE 0437−5439 HV 888 IRAS 05280−6910 LHA 120-S 79 LH 41-1042 LH 54-425 LMC195-1 LMC X-1 LMC X-3 LMC X-4 MACHO*05:34:41.3−69:31:39 MACHO 80.7443.1718 Melnick 34 Melnick 42 PSR J0523−7125 PSR J0537−6910 PSR J0540−6919 R85 R99 R136 a a1 a2 a3 b c R145 RX J0439.8−6809 SGR 0525−66 TOI-700 TOI-813 VFTS 102 VFTS 243 VFTS 352 VFTS 682 WASP-62 (Naledi) WOH G64

Exoplanets	Gliese 163 c HD 28254 b HD 30177 b TOI-700 d e TOI-813 b TOI-4127 b

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clusters

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Other	Hodge 301 LH 95

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Other	Henize 70 Honeycomb Nebula N11 N41 N44 N49 N55 N79 N119 SNR 0509−67.5 SNR 0519−69.0 Tarantula Nebula (30)

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Astronomical events	GRB 790305b SN 1987A Sanduleak −69 202

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ESO 85-38 Group

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