NGC 1338
| Galaxy NGC 1338 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 28 m 54.5 s |
| declination | -12 ° 09 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SAB (rs) b pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 55 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008259 +/- 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 2476 +/- 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(108 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (33.1 ± 2.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | December 15, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1338 • PGC 12956 • MCG -02-09-44 • IRAS 03265-1219 • 2MASX J03285455-1209120 • | |
NGC 1338 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 108 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Edouard Stephan on December 15, 1884 and later listed in the New General Catalog by Johann Dreyer .