NGC 1337

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Galaxy
NGC 1337
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NGC 1337 [1]
NGC 1337
AladinLite
Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 28 m 05.96 s
declination -08 ° 23 ′ 19.0 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SA (s) cd  
Brightness  (visual) 11.9 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 12.5 mag
Angular expansion 5.7 ′ × 1.5 ′
Position angle 144 °
Surface brightness 14.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation isolated  
Redshift 0.004133 ± 0.000007  
Radial velocity 1239 ± 2 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(53 ± 4)  ·  10 6  ly
(16.3 ± 1.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis Swift
Discovery date November 10, 1885
Catalog names
NGC  1337 • PGC  12916 • MCG  -02-09-042 • IRAS  03256-0833 • 2MASX  J03280595-0823190 • HIPASS J0328-08 • WISEA J032805.88-082316.7 • 2MIG 424

NGC 1337 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is an estimated 53 million light years away from the Milky Way and is approximately 94,000 light years in diameter. It has very dominant H-II areas that can be seen very well on infrared images .
The nature and distance of the galaxy is very similar to NGC 1042 and would look similar along the axis of rotation .

The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on November 10, 1885 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1337
  4. ↑ Seligman