NGC 1399
| Galaxy NGC 1399 |
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![NGC 1399 & NGC 1396 (ru) [1] (Hubble space telescope)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC_1399_HST_10911_R814GB475.png)
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| NGC 1399 & NGC 1396 (ru) ( 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 38 m 29.0 s |
| declination | -35 ° 27 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | cD / E1 pec / Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 9.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 10.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 6.9 ′ × 6.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 76 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Fornax cluster SSRS group 52 NGC 1399 group LGG 96 |
| Redshift | 0.004753 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 1425 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(58 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (17.8 ± 1.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 22, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1399 • PGC 13418 • ESO 358-045 • MCG -06-09-12 • 2MASX J03382908-3527026 • SGC 033634-3536.7 • GC 748 • h 2569 • NVSS J033829-352700 • LDCE 249 NED031 | |
NGC 1399 is an elliptical galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type E1 in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 58 million light years from the Milky Way and about 135,000 light years in diameter. It is listed as a member of the Fornax galaxy cluster under catalog number FCC 213 , it is one of the largest and brightest galaxies in the cluster and the closest cD galaxy to us .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1382 , NGC 1387 , NGC 1396 , NGC 1404 .
The object was discovered on October 22, 1835 by the British astronomer John Herschel .