NGC 1391
Galaxy NGC 1391 |
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NGC 1391 | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Eridanus |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 03 h 38 m 52.961 s |
declination | -18 ° 21 ′ 14.84 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SB (s) 0 |
Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
Position angle | 65 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | NGC 1400 group |
Redshift | 0.014440 ± 0.000130 |
Radial velocity | 4329 ± 39 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(190 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (58.2 ± 4.1) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
Discovery date | 1886 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 1391 • PGC 13436 • ESO 548-059 • MCG -03-10-020 • 2MASX J03385297-1821146 • SGC 033638-1831.0 • GALEX ASC J033853.01-182114.0 • LDCE 252 NED003 • WISEA J033852.98-182114.8 |
NGC 1391 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 190 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light-years across. Presumably it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair together with NGC 1394 . The galaxy is a member of the NGC 1400 group. In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1383 , NGC 1393 , NGC 1402 , IC 343 .
The object was discovered by Francis Leavenworth in 1886 and later listed in the New General Catalog by Johann Dreyer .