NGC 1356
| Galaxy NGC 1356 |
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![NGC 1356, LEDA 95415 (below) & IC 1947 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC_1356_DSS.jpg)
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| NGC 1356, LEDA 95415 ( below ) & IC 1947 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Pendulum clock |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 30 m 40.8 s |
| declination | -50 ° 18 ′ 35 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (r) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 173 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.039337 ± 0.000050 |
| Radial velocity | 11,793 ± 15 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(520 ± 37) · 10 6 ly (159.5 ± 11.2) Mpc |
| diameter | 260,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 23, 1837 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1356 • PGC 13035 • ESO 200-031 • IRAS 03291-5028 • 2MASX J03304076-5018346 • SGC 032911-5028.7 • AM 329-502 NED01 | |
NGC 1356 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Horologium in the southern sky . It is an estimated 520 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 260,000 ly. In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 1947 , IC 1950 , IC 1959 , IC 1968 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on December 23, 1837 .