NGC 385
| Galaxy NGC 385 |
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![NGC 385 & NGC 384 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC384_-_NGC385_-_SDSS_DR14.png)
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| NGC 385 & NGC 384 SDSS image | |
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| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 07 m 27.246 s |
| declination | + 32 ° 19 ′ 10.32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0-: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 147 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 383 group LGG 18 WBL 25 |
| Redshift | 0.016595 ± 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | (4975 ± 20) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(229 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (70.2 ± 4.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Bindon B. Stoney |
| Discovery date | November 4, 1850 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 385 • UGC 687 • PGC 3984 • CGCG 501-085 • MCG + 05-03-056 • GC 208 • GALEX ASC J010727.15 + 321909.6 • LDCE 74 NED027 | |
NGC 385 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 229 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light-years across.
Together with NGC 375 , NGC 379 , NGC 380 , NGC 382 , NGC 383 , NGC 384 , NGC 386 , NGC 387 and NGC 388 , it forms the galaxy chain Arp 331 . It is a member of the NGC 452 group ( LGG 18 ) with 21 other galaxies .
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 November 4, 1850 by the Irish astronomer Bindon Blood Stoney , an assistant to William Parsons .
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
Web links
Commons : NGC 385 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
