NGC 1396
| Galaxy NGC 1396 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Chemical furnace |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 38 m 06.5 s |
| declination | -35 ° 26 ′ 24 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB0-: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Fornax Cluster LGG 98 |
| Redshift | 0.002695 ± 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 808 ± 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(31 ± 2) x 10 6 ly (9.4 ± 0.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Julius Schmidt |
| Discovery date | January 19, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1396 • PGC 013398 • ESO 358-G041 • 2MASX J03380658-3526237 • SGC 0336.1-3537 • FCC 202 | |
NGC 1396 is an elliptical dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type E / SB0 in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 31 million light years from the Milky Way and about 5,000 light years across. It is listed as a member of the Fornax galaxy cluster under the catalog designation FCC 202 .
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1382 , NGC 1387 , NGC 1399 , NGC 1404 , among others .
The object was discovered on January 19, 1865 by Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt .