NGC 1385
| Galaxy NGC 1385 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Chemical furnace |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 37 m 28.6 s |
| declination | -24 ° 30 ′ 10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) cd / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.6 ′ × 2.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 171 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 97 |
| Redshift | 0.005000 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 1499 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(63 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (19.2 ± 1.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 17, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1385 • PGC 13368 • ESO 482-016 • MCG -04-09-036 • IRAS 03353-2439 • 2MASX J03372832-2430046 • SGC 033519-2440.0 • GC 743 • H II 263 • h 2563 • LDCE 251 NED026 | |
NGC 1385 is a barred spiral galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type SBc in Fornax the southern sky . It is estimated to be 63 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 70,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 1367 .
The object was discovered on November 17, 1784 by the astronomer William Herschel .