NGC 1373
| Galaxy NGC 1373 |
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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 34 m 59.2 s |
| declination | -35 ° 10 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E + : |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 131 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Fornax cluster |
| Redshift | 0.004450 +/- 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | 1334 +/- 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(54 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (16.6 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 29, 1837 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1373 • PGC 13252 • ESO 358-021 • MCG -06-08-028 • 2MASX J03345920-3510162 • SGC 033303-3520.2 • 249 NED017 | |
NGC 1373 is an elliptical dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type E3 in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is an estimated 54 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 20,000 ly. It is listed as a member of the Fornax Galaxy Cluster under catalog number FCC 143 .
The galaxies NGC 1374 , NGC 1375 , NGC 1379 , NGC 1381 are in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on November 29, 1837 by the British astronomer John Herschel .