NGC 1395
| Galaxy NGC 1395 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 38 m 29.7 s |
| declination | -23 ° 01 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 9.8 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 10.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 5 ′ × 4.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Eridanus Cluster SSRS Group 72 NGC-1395 Subgroup LGG 97 |
| Redshift | 0.005727 ± 0.000022 |
| Radial velocity | 1717 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(72 ± 5) x 10 6 ly (22.2 ± 1.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 17, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1395 • PGC 13419 • ESO 482-G19 • MCG -04-09-39 • 2MASX J03382978-2301396 • SGC 033619-2311.4 • GC 746 • H I 58 • h 2566 • AM 0336-231 • LDCE 0251 NED028 | |
NGC 1395 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble-type E2 in the constellation Eridanus the southern sky . It is estimated to be 72 million light years from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light years in diameter . The galaxy is a member of the Eridanus Galaxy Cluster, about 85 million light-years away, and the brightest galaxy in the southern subgroup of this cluster.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1401 , NGC 1403 , NGC 1415 , NGC 1416 , among others .
The object was discovered on November 17, 1784 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .