NGC 375
Galaxy NGC 375 |
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NGC 375 with LEDA 1992625 (l) & LEDA 1993906 (ro) (r) SDSS image | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | fishes |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 01 h 07 m 05.9 s |
declination | + 32 ° 20 ′ 53 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | E2: |
Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | Arp 331 |
Redshift | +0.019530 ± 0.000067 |
Radial velocity | +5855 ± 20 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(268 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (82.3 ± 5.8) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Lawrence Parsons |
Discovery date | December 1, 1874 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 375 • PGC 3953 • 2MASX J01070592 + 3220534 • GC 5148 • GALEXASC J010705.87 + 322053.4 • NSA 128557 |
NGC 375 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble-type E2 in the constellation fish on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 268 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter.
Together with NGC 379 , NGC 380 , NGC 382 , NGC 383 , NGC 384 , NGC 385 , NGC 386 , NGC 387 and NGC 388 , it forms the galaxy cluster Arp 331 .
The object was discovered on December 1, 1874 by the Irish astronomer Lawrence Parsons .