NGC 379
| Galaxy NGC 379 |
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![NGC 379 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC379_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 379 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 07 m 15.69 s |
| declination | + 32 ° 31 ′ 13.3 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 25 Pisces Cluster |
| Redshift | 0.018606 ± 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | 5578 ± 29 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(256 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (78.5 ± 5.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 12, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 379 • UGC 683 • PGC 3966 • CGCG 501-082 • MCG + 05-03-050 • IRAS 01045 + 3215 • 2MASX J01071567 + 3231131 • Arp 331 N01 • GC 202 • H II 215 • h 84 • Part of Arp 331 • Part of VV 193 • Part of IV Zw 38 • Z 0104.5 + 3215 • LDCE 74 NED023 | |
NGC 379 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 256 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter.
Together with NGC 375 , NGC 380 , NGC 382 , NGC 383 , NGC 384 , NGC 385 , NGC 386 , NGC 387 and NGC 388 , it forms the galaxy chain Arp 331 .
Halton Arp organized his catalog of unusual galaxies into groups according to purely morphological criteria. This group of galaxies belongs to the class chains of galaxies .
The object was discovered on September 12, 1784 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
literature
- Jeff Kanipe and Dennis Webb: The Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies - A Chronicle and Observer's Guide " , Richmond 2006, ISBN 978-0-943396-76-7