NGC 386
Galaxy NGC 386 |
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NGC 386 with LEDA 3987 (o) SDSS image | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | fishes |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 01 h 07 m 31.3 s |
declination | + 32 ° 21 ′ 43 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | E3: |
Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
Position angle | 9 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | WBL 25 |
Redshift | 0.018533 ± 0.000067 |
Radial velocity | (5556 ± 20) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(255 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (78.2 ± 5.5) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Bindon Blood Stoney |
Discovery date | November 4, 1850 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 386 • PGC 3989 • CGCG 501-088 • MCG + 05-03-57 • 2MASX J01073133 + 3221432 • Arp 331 NED07 • GC 209 • GALEX ASC J010731.23 + 322141.8 |
NGC 386 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E3 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 255 million light years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light years across. Together with NGC 375 , NGC 379 , NGC 380 , NGC 382 , NGC 383 , NGC 384 , NGC 385 , 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 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
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