NGC 1376
| Galaxy NGC 1376 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 37 m 05.9 s |
| declination | -05 ° 02 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) cd |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 ′ × 1.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 95 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013852 +/- 0.000022 |
| Radial velocity | 4153 +/- 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(184 ± 13) x 10 6 ly (56.3 ± 3.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 28, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1376 • PGC 13352 • MCG -01-10-011 • IRAS 03346-0512 • 2MASX J03370592-0502339 • GC 738 • H II 288 • h 303 • LDCE 261 NED005 | |
NGC 1376 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Eridanus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 184 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 115,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1355 , NGC 1358 , NGC 1397 , among others .
The object was discovered on January 28, 1785 by the astronomer William Herschel .