NGC 1374
| Galaxy NGC 1374 |
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| NGC 1374 (top left) and NGC 1375 (bottom right) in a photo taken by the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Chemical furnace |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 35 m 16.59 s |
| declination | -35 ° 13 ′ 34.5 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3 |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.7 ′ × 2.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 124 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Fornax cluster |
| Redshift | 0.004316 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | 1294 ± 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(53 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (16.1 ± 1.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 29, 1837 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1374 • PGC 13267 • ESO 358-023 • MCG -06-08-029 • 2MASX J03351659-3513345 • SGC 33321-3523.5 • GC 736 • h 2557 • FCC 147 • AM 0333-352 • LDCE 249 NED018 | |
NGC 1374 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Fornax the southern sky . It is an estimated 53 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 45,000 ly. It is listed as a member of the Fornax Galaxy Cluster under catalog number FCC 147 .
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1373 , NGC 1375 , NGC 1378 , NGC 1379 .
The object was discovered on November 29, 1837 by the British astronomer John Herschel .
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