NGC 380
| Galaxy NGC 380 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 07 m 17.591 s |
| declination | + 32 ° 28 ′ 58.52 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 25 NGC 380 group LGG 17 |
| Redshift | 0.014764 ± 0.000056 |
| Radial velocity | 4426 ± 17 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(205 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (62.7 ± 4.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 12, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 380 • UGC 682 • PGC 3969 • CGCG 501-081 • MCG + 05-03-051 • 2MASX J01071757 + 3228581 • GC 203 • H II 216 • h 85 • part of Arp 331 • part of VV 193 • part of IV Zw 38 • GALEX ASC J010717.57 + 322857.9 • LDCE 74 NED024 | |
NGC 380 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble-type E2 in the constellation fish on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 205 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter.
Together with NGC 375 , NGC 379 , 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 .
NGC 380 group ( LGG 17 )
| Galaxy | Alternative name | Distance / million Lj |
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| NGC 380 | PGC 3969 | 205 |
| NGC 384 | PGC 3983 | 196 |
| PGC 4110 | UGC 714 | 214 |
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