NGC 1354

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Galaxy
NGC 1354
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NGC 1354 DSS.jpg
AladinLite
Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 32 m 29.4 s
declination -15 ° 13 ′ 16 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAB (rs) 0 / a:  
Brightness  (visual) 12.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.2 mag
Angular expansion 2.3 ′ × 0.8 ′
Position angle 150 °
Surface brightness 12.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.006011 ± 0.000080  
Radial velocity 1733 ± 24 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(77 ± 6)  ·  10 6  ly
(23.7 ± 1.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date December 30, 1785
Catalog names
NGC  1354 • PGC  13130 ​​• MCG  -03-10-004 • 2MASX  J03322936-1513159 • GC  725 • H  III 487 • h  2547 • GALEX ASC J033229.42-151319.6 • LDCE 251 NED016

NGC 1354 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 77 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 50,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 1368 , IC 326 , IC 327 , IC 328 .

The object was discovered by William Herschel on December 30, 1785 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1354
  3. Seligman