PGC 12636
| Galaxy LEDA / PGC 12636 |
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| NGC 1316 & NGC 1317 with PGC 12636 (r.) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Chemical furnace |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 22 m 22.7 s |
| declination | -37 ° 23 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb / Sbrst |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Fornax cluster |
| Redshift | 0.004693 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 1407 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(57 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (17.6 ± 1.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| Catalog names | |
| PGC 12636 • ESO 301-008 • GALEXASC J032222.72-372351.0 • 2XMM J032222.5-372350 • FCC 19 | |
LEDA / PGC 12636 is a spiral galaxy with a high star formation rate of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 57 million light years from the Milky Way . It is listed as a member of the Fornax galaxy cluster under catalog number FCC 19 .
The galaxies NGC 1316 , NGC 1317 , PGC 12706 are located in the same area of the sky .
Web links
- ESO: Image of the region of the sky around NGC 1316 (labeled) October 25, 2017
- Spektrum .de: amateur recordings [1]