NGC 375

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Galaxy
NGC 375
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NGC 375 with LEDA 1992625 (l) & LEDA 1993906 (ro) [1] (r) SDSS image
NGC 375 with LEDA 1992625 (l) & LEDA 1993906 (ro) (r) SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation fishes
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e SEDS : NGC 375
  4. ↑ a b Seligman