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EntityQ1042818· pop 31· linked from 418 articles

spiral galaxy in the constellation Fornax

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
Sy1
Redshift
z = 0.0045836686444371555
Coordinates
RA 50.9849° · Dec -36.4645°
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Key facts

Constellation
Fornax
Right ascension
03 23 56.397
Declination
−36 ° 27 ′ 52.78 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
1371 km/s
Distance
52 Mly (16 Mpc )
Type
(R 1 )SAB(r)0/a

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 1326 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Fornax, 63 million light-years away. It was discovered by English astronomer John Herschel on 29 November 1837. It is a member of the Fornax Cluster, an NGC 1316 subgroup and has a diameter of 70 000 light-years.

NGC 1326 is an early-type lenticular galaxy with a Hubble classification of S0, but it is very different from other early-type lenticulars in the Fornax Cluster. NGC 1326 has a nuclear ring.

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