NGC 1372
| Galaxy NGC 1372 |
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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 59.7 s |
| declination | -15 ° 52 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E1: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.030785 +/- 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | 9155 +/- 25 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(409 ± 29) x 10 6 ly (125.4 ± 8.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Preserved Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | November 12, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1372 • PGC 13346 • 2MASX J03365971-1552530 • GALEX ASC J033659.70-155254.0 • LEDA 13346 • LDCE 250 NED005 | |
NGC 1372 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Eridanus the southern sky . It is estimated to be 409 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 74,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1368 , NGC 1388 , NGC 1413 IC 1975 , among others .
The object was discovered by Francis Leavenworth on November 12, 1885 .