NGC 1324

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Galaxy
NGC 1324
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SDSS image from NGC 1324
SDSS image from NGC 1324
AladinLite
Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 25 m 01.7 s
declination -05 ° 44 ′ 45 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sb  
Brightness  (visual) 12.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.5 likes
Angular expansion 2.1 ′ × 0.8 ′
Position angle 135 °
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.018983 ± 0.000063  
Radial velocity 5668 ± 3 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(251 ± 18)  x  10 6  ly
(77.1 ± 5.4)  Mpc 
diameter 160,000 ly
history
discovery Wilhelm Herschel
Discovery date December 5, 1785
Catalog names
NGC  1324 • PGC  12772 • MCG  -01-09-38 • IRAS  3225-0555 • 2MASX  J03250169-0544452 • GC  704 • H  III 445 • h  299 • LDCE 0245 NED010

NGC 1324 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Eridanus at the southern sky . It is around 251 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 160,000 light years .

The object was discovered on December 5, 1785 by William Herschel .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 1324
  3. Seligman ( Memento of the original from September 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / cseligman.com