NGC 1353
| Galaxy NGC 1353 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 32 m 03.0 s |
| declination | -20 ° 49 ′ 09 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) bc / LINER / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.4 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 138 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
Eridanus Group LGG 97 |
| Redshift | 0.005087 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 1525 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(64 ± 5) x 10 6 ly (19.7 ± 1.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 9, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1353 • UGC A 76 • PGC 13108 • ESO 548-31 • MCG -04-09-022 • IRAS 03298-2059 • 2MASX J03320302-2049089 • SGC 32949-2059.1 • GC 724 • H III 246 • h 2546 • LDCE 0251 NED014 | |
NGC 1353 is an active barred spiral galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type SBb in the constellation Eridanus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 64 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter . In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1362 , NGC 1370 , IC 1953 , IC 1962 .
The object was discovered on December 9, 1784 by the astronomer William Herschel with his 47.5 cm reflecting telescope .
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