NGC 1375

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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
NGC 1374 (top left) and NGC 1375 (bottom right) in a photo taken by the Hubble Space Telescope
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Constellation Chemical furnace
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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.

Web links

Commons : NGC 1375  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. SIMBAD ( English ) Retrieved March 18, 2011.
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f g SEDS : NGC 1375
  4. Seligman