NGC 1377
| Galaxy NGC 1377 |
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| NGC 1377 imaged by the Spitzer Space Telescope . | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 36 m 39.08 s |
| declination | -20 ° 54 ′ 08.1 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 ^ 0 / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 92 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | SSRS group 72 NED24 NGC 1395 group LGG 97 |
| Redshift | 0.005977 ± 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | 1792 ± 30 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(76 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (23.3 ± 1.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 19, 1799 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1377 • PGC 13324 • ESO 548-051 • MCG -04-09-033 • IRAS 03344-2103 • 2MASX J03363907-2054081 • SGC 33426-2103.9 • GC 740 • H III 961 • h 2560 • LDCE 251 NED025 • WISEA J033639 .06-205406.9 | |
NGC 1377 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 with extensive star formation areas in the constellation Eridanus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 76 million light years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1362 , NGC 1370 , IC 1953 , IC 1962 .
The object was discovered on December 19, 1799 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .