NGC 1362

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Galaxy
NGC 1362
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NGC 1362 [1]
NGC 1362
AladinLite
Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 33 m 53.079 s
declination -20 ° 16 ′ 57.47 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0 ^ 0 ^  
Brightness  (visual) 12.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.7 mag
Angular expansion 1.2 ′ × 1.1 ′
Position angle 7 °
Surface brightness 12.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation SSRS group 72
NGC 1370 group
LGG 95  
Redshift 0.004113 ± 0.000097  
Radial velocity 1149 ± 29 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(51 ± 4)  ·  10 6  ly
(15.7 ± 1.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery Wilhelm Herschel
Discovery date December 17, 1799
Catalog names
NGC  1362 • PGC  13196 • ESO  548-041 • MCG  -03-10-008 • 2MASX  J03335307-2016567 • SGC  033139-2026.9 • GC  730 • H  III 960 • h  2551 • LDCE 251 NED021

NGC 1362 is a lenticular dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 51 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 20,000 light-years across. Together with NGC 1370 and NGC 1390 , it forms the NGC 1370 group . In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1353 , NGC 1359 , NGC 1370 , NGC 1377 .

The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on December 17, 1799 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1362
  4. ^ VizieR
  5. ↑ Seligman