NGC 1332
| Galaxy NGC 1332 |
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| NGC 1331, NGC 1332 & LEDA 12827 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 26 m 17.2 s |
| declination | -21 ° 20 ′ 07 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S (s) 0-: / sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4.5 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 115 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
Eridanus group NGC-1332 subgroup LGG 97 |
| Redshift | 0.005084 +/- 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | +1524 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(65 ± 5) x 10 6 ly (19.8 ± 1.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 9, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1332 • UGCA 72 • PGC 12838 • ESO 548-018 • MCG -04-09-011 • IRAS 03240-2130 • 2MASX J03261732-2120073 • SGC 032404-2130.6 • GC 709 • H I 60 • NVSS J032616-212012 • LDCE 251 NED009 | |
NGC 1332 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Eridanus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 65 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 90,000 ly. The system has a magnitude of 10.3 mag and an angular extent of 4.5 '× 1.4'. Together with NGC 1331 , it probably forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1315 , NGC 1319 , NGC 1325 , IC 1928 .
The supernova SN 1982E was observed here.
The object was discovered on December 9, 1784 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
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