NGC 1357
| Galaxy NGC 1357 |
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![NGC 1357 & LEDA 933903 (ru) [1] 81 cm reflecting telescope of the Mount Lemmon Observatory](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:N1357s.jpg)
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| NGC 1357 & LEDA 933903 (ru) 81 cm reflecting telescope of the Mount Lemmon Observatory | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 33 m 17.1 s |
| declination | -13 ° 39 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) a / Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.2 ′ × 2.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 85 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.006657 ± 0.000040 |
| Radial velocity | 1996 ± 12 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(86 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (26.4 ± 1.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 1, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1357 • PGC 13166 • MCG -02-10-001 • IRAS 03309-1349 • 2MASX J03331709-1339509 • GC 726 • H II 290 • h 2548 • HIPASS J0333-13 • LDCE 251 NED017 | |
NGC 1357 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sab in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 86 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on February 1, 1785 by the German-British astronomer William Herschel .
Web links
Commons : NGC 1357 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
