NGC 369
| Galaxy NGC 369 |
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![NGC 369 with LEDA 134722 & LEDA 3852 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC_0369_DSS.jpg)
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| NGC 369 with LEDA 134722 & LEDA 3852 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 05 m 08.9 s |
| declination | -17 ° 45 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (r) b: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 52 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020808 ± 0.000038 |
| Radial velocity | 6238 ± 11 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(280 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (85.7 ± 6.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | October 9, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 369 • PGC 3856 • ESO 541-17 • MCG -03-03-022 • 2MASX J01050889-1745331 • GALEX ASC J010508.84-174533.6 • LDCE 60 NED001 | |
NGC 369 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 280 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 1622 and IC 1623 .
The object was discovered on October 9, 1885 by the American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth .