NGC 1326

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Galaxy
NGC 1326
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Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope
Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope
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Constellation Chemical furnace
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 23 m 56.4 s
declination -36 ° 27 ′ 53 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R_1) SB (rl) 0 / a / LINER  
Brightness  (visual) 10.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 11.4 mag
Angular expansion 3.9 ′ × 2.9 ′
Position angle 77 °
Surface brightness 13.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Fornax cluster
LGG 96  
Redshift 0.004537 ± 0.000005  
Radial velocity 1360 ± 1 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(55 ± 4)  ·  10 6  ly
(17.0 ± 1.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date November 29, 1837
Catalog names
NGC  1326 • PGC  12709 • ESO  357-026 • MCG  -06-08-011 • IRAS  03220-3638 • 2MASX  J03235639-3627527 • SGC  032201-3638.4 • GC  706 • h  2535 • HIPASS  J0323-36 • FCC 29 • LDCE 249 NED004

NGC 1326 is a lenticular galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is an estimated 55 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 65,000 ly. It is listed as a member of the Fornax galaxy cluster under catalog number FCC 29 . In the same region of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1310 , NGC 1316 , NGC 1317 and NGC 1341 .

The object was discovered on November 29, 1837 by John Herschel with his 18.7-inch telescope .

Web links

Commons : NGC 1326  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 1326
  3. ^ VizieR
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