NGC 360
| Galaxy NGC 360 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Toucan |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 02 m 51.4 s |
| declination | -65 ° 36 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Scd |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.6 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 144 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.007693 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 2306 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(98 ± 7) x 10 6 ly (29.9 ± 2.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 2, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 360 • PGC 3743 • ESO 079-014 • IRAS 01009-6552 • 2MASX J01025144-6536359 • SGC 010057-6552.7 • GC 191 • h 2372 • HIPASS J0102-65 • 2MIG 0118 | |
NGC 360 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Scd in the constellation Toucan on southern sky . It is estimated to be 98 million light years from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on November 2, 1834 by the British astronomer John Frederick William Herschel .