NGC 1368
| Galaxy NGC 1368 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 34 m 58.9 s |
| declination | -15 ° 39 ′ 21 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 + : |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 108 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.031575 ± 0.000120 |
| Radial velocity | 9394 ± 36 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(420 ± 29) x 10 6 ly (128.7 ± 9.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | November 12, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1368 • PGC 13247 • MCG -03-10-012 • 2MASX J03345890-1539218 • GALEXASC J033459.10-153922.7 • LEDA 13247 • LDCE 250 NED002 | |
NGC 1368 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 420 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1354 , NGC 1372 , NGC 1388 , IC 1975 .
The object was discovered by Francis Leavenworth on November 12, 1885 .