NGC 1369
| Galaxy NGC 1369 |
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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 36 m 45.2 s |
| declination | -36 ° 15 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) a |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 12 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Fornax cluster |
| Redshift | 0.004717 +/- 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | 1414 +/- 17 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(58 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (17.7 ± 1.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Julius Schmidt |
| Discovery date | January 19, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1369 • PGC 13330 • ESO 358-034 • MCG -06-09-004 • 2MASX J03364524-3615223 • SGC 033451-3625.2 • LDCE 249 NED025 • FCC 176 | |
NGC 1369 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 58 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 25,000 ly. It is listed as a member of the Fornax galaxy cluster under the catalog designation FCC 176 .
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1365 , NGC 1386 , NGC 1387 , NGC 1389 , among others .
The object was discovered by Julius Schmidt on January 19, 1865 .