Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Distance
- 5,965 light-years
- Redshift
- z = 0.002945
- Morphology
- E
- Coordinates
- RA 54.5274° · Dec -35.4399°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Fornax (constellation)
- Right ascension
- 03 38 06.5
- Declination
- −35 ° 26 ′ 24 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 808 km/s
- Distance
- 62.05 Mly (19.025 Mpc )
- Group or cluster
- Fornax Cluster
- Absolute magnitude v
- −16.3
- Type
- d:E6,N
- Mass
- 5.6 × 10 (Stellar mass)/1 × 10 (Total Mass) M ☉
- Size
- ~23,900 ly (7.33 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 1.0 x 0.9
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Fornax
- Distance from Earth
- 18.6
- Image
- NGC 1396 DSS.jpg
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- redshift
- 0.002945
- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 4860297211059185792
- galaxy morphological type
- E
- time of discovery or invention
- 1865-01-19
- apparent magnitude
- 14.06
- discoverer or inventor
- Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt
- right ascension
- 54.52735870225400
- declination
- -35.43989912687090
- radial velocity
- 882
- epoch
- J2000.0
- right ascension component of proper motion
- 2.278
- declination component of proper motion
- -0.218
- Commons category
- NGC 1396
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 1396 is a dwarf elliptical galaxy located 61 million light years away in the constellation of Fornax. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Julius Schmidt on January 19, 1865, and is a member of the Fornax Cluster. Despite the fact that the galaxy PGC 13398 is most commonly identified as NGC 1396, there is uncertainty in its identification.
NGC 1396 is a satellite galaxy of NGC 1399.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 1396” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.