NGC 1370
| Galaxy NGC 1370 |
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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 35 m 14.6 s |
| declination | -20 ° 22 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E + : / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 50 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.003546 +/- 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | 978 +/- 28 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(44 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (13.4 ± 1.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 20, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1370 • PGC 13265 • ESO 548-048 • MCG -03-10-013 • IRAS 03330-2032 • 2MASX J03351457-2022250 • SGC 033301-2032.3 • GC 733 • H III 559 • h 2554 • LDCE 251 NED024 | |
NGC 1370 is an elliptical dwarf galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type E3 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is an estimated 44 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 20,000 ly.
Together with NGC 1362 and NGC 1390 , it forms the NGC 1370 group . The galaxies NGC 1353 , NGC 1362 , NGC 1377 , IC 1962 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on September 20, 1786 .
NGC 1370 group ( LGG 95 )
| Galaxy | Alternative name | Distance / million Lj |
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| NGC 1362 | PGC 13196 | 51 |
| NGC 1370 | PGC 13265 | 44 |
| NGC 1390 | PGC 13386 | 50 |