NGC 1381
| Galaxy NGC 1381 |
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| Image of NGC 1381 using the VST . | |
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| Constellation | Chemical furnace |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 36 m 31.7 s |
| declination | -35 ° 17 ′ 43 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0: |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.6 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 139 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Fornax cluster |
| Redshift | 0.005751 +/- 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 1724 +/- 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(71 ± 5) x 10 6 ly (21.9 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Julius Schmidt |
| Discovery date | January 19, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1381 • PGC 13321 • ESO 358-029 • 2MASX J03363170-3517425 • SGC 033436-3527.5 • LDCE 0249 NED024 • FCC 170 | |
NGC 1381 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is an estimated 71 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 55,000 ly. It is listed as a member of the Fornax galaxy cluster under the catalog name FCC 170 .
The galaxies NGC 1375 , NGC 1379 , NGC 1382 , NGC 1387 are in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Julius Schmidt on January 19, 1865 .
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