NGC 373
Galaxy NGC 373 |
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NGC 373 & LEDA 1992085 SDSS Recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | fishes |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 01 h 06 m 58.2 s |
declination | + 32 ° 18 ′ 30 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | E. |
Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.9 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.018353 ± 0.000067 |
Radial velocity | 5502 ± 20 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(253 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (77.5 ± 5.4) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Johan Ludvig Emil Dreyer |
Discovery date | December 12, 1876 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 373 • PGC 3946 • 2MASX J01065819 + 3218304 • GC 5147 • NSA 128547 |
NGC 373 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E0 in the constellation fish on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 253 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 370 , NGC 375 , NGC 384 , NGC 385 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on December 12, 1876 by the Danish astronomer Johan Ludvig Emil Dreyer .