NGC 1375
Galaxy NGC 1375 |
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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 |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 03 h 35 m 16.8 s |
declination | -35 ° 15 ′ 57 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SAB0 ^ 0 ^: / Edge-On |
Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
Angular expansion | 2.3 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
Position angle | 91 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | Fornax cluster |
Redshift | 0.002468 +/- 0.000020 |
Radial velocity | 740 +/- 6 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(28 ± 2) x 10 6 ly (8.47 ± 0.60) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | John Herschel |
Discovery date | November 29, 1837 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 1375 • PGC 13266 • ESO 358-024 • MCG -06-08-030 • 2MASX J03351683-3515564 • SGC 33321-3525.9 • AM 0333-352 • FCC 148 • LDCE 249 NED019 |
NGC 1375 is a lenticular galaxy of Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Fornax the southern sky , the 28 million light-years from an estimated Milky Way is removed. It is listed as a member of the Fornax galaxy cluster under catalog number FCC 148 .
The galaxies NGC 1373 , NGC 1374 , NGC 1378 , NGC 1379 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on November 29, 1837 by the astronomer John Herschel with a 48 cm telescope.
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