NGC 373

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Galaxy
NGC 373
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NGC 373 & LEDA 1992085 [1] SDSS image
NGC 373 & LEDA 1992085 SDSS Recording
AladinLite
Constellation fishes
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d NGC 373
  4. Seligman