NGC 386

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Galaxy
NGC 386
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NGC 386 with LEDA 3987 [1] (o) SDSS image
NGC 386 with LEDA 3987 (o) SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation fishes
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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

Commons : NGC 386  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 386
  4. ↑ Seligman