NGC 378
| Galaxy NGC 378 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sculptor |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 06 m 12.21 s |
| declination | -30 ° 10 ′ 41.3 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) c: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 105 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.032029 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 9602 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(428 ± 30) x 10 6 ly (131.2 ± 9.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 28, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 378 • PGC 3907 • ESO 412-005 • MCG -05-03-024 • IRAS 01038-3026 • 2MASX J01061222-3010411 • SGC 010349-3026.7 • GC 201 • h 2377 • GALEX ASC J010612.30-301041.6 • NVSS J010612 -301042 | |
NGC 378 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Sculptor in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 428 million light years from the Milky Way and about 190,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on September 28, 1834 by the British astronomer John Herschel .