NGC 1379
| Galaxy NGC 1379 |
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| Image of the galaxy NGC 1379 (bottom right) using the VST . | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Chemical furnace |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 36 m 03.9 s |
| declination | -35 ° 26 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3 |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.4 ′ × 2.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 17 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Fornax cluster |
| Redshift | 0.004416 +/- 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | +1324 ± 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(54 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (16.5 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 25, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1379 • PGC 13299 • ESO 358-027 • MCG -06-09-001 • 2MASX J03360393-3526282 • SGC 033408-3536.3 • GC 741 • h 2561 • LDCE 249 NED023 • FCC 161 | |
NGC 1379 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E3 in the constellation Fornax the southern sky . It is an estimated 54 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 40,000 ly. It is listed as a member of the Fornax galaxy cluster under the catalog name FCC 161 .
The galaxies NGC 1374 , NGC 1375 , NGC 1381 , NGC 1387 are in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on December 25, 1835 by the British astronomer John Herschel .
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