NGC 1315
| Galaxy NGC 1315 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 23 m 06.6 s |
| declination | -21 ° 22 ′ 31 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) 0+? |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 55 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 97 |
| Redshift | 0.005387 +/- 0.000077 |
| Radial velocity | 1615 +/- 23 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(68 ± 5) x 10 6 ly (21.0 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 13, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1315 • PGC 12671 • ESO 548-03 • MCG -04-09-002 • 2MASX J03230660-2122307 • LDCE 0251 NED007 | |
NGC 1315 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0-a in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 68 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on November 13, 1835 and later listed in the New General Catalog by Johann Dreyer .