NGC 1366
| Galaxy NGC 1366 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Chemical furnace |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 33 m 53.7 s |
| declination | -31 ° 11 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 ^ 0 ^ |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 2 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 96 |
| Redshift | 0.004106 ± 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | 1231 ± 19 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(50 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (15.3 ± 1.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 9, 1790 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1366 • PGC 13197 • ESO 481-010 • MCG -05-09-13 • 2MASX J03335365-3111387 • GC 732 • H III 857 • h 2553 • LDCE 0249 NED016 | |
NGC 1366 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Chemical Furnace in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 50 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on October 9, 1790 by the astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .