NGC 1323

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Galaxy
NGC 1323
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NGC 1323 DSS.jpg
AladinLite
Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 24 m 56.1 s
declination -02 ° 49 ′ 20 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0o: / pec / sp  
Brightness  (visual) 15.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.1 mag
Angular expansion 0.9 ′ × 0.3 ′
Position angle 86 °
Surface brightness 13.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.019964 ± 0.000133  
Radial velocity 5985 ± 40 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(266 ± 19)  ·  10 6  ly
(81.6 ± 5.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery George J. Stoney
Discovery date December 19, 1849
Catalog names
NGC  1323 • PGC  12764 • IRAS  F03224-0259 • 2MASX  J03245604-0249202 • GALEX ASC J032456.09-024920.5 • LDCE 245 NED009

NGC 1323 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 266 million light years from the Milky Way and approximately 70,000 light years across.
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1308 , NGC 1320 , NGC 1321 , NGC 1322 .

The object was discovered on December 19, 1849 by the astronomer George Johnstone Stoney .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1323
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