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Q494054
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barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Fornax
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Vinony's link graph records 435 inbound references to Q494054, and connects out to list of stars in Fornax, list of NGC objects (1001–2000) and Q14405105.
It sits within the topics Astronomical objects discovered in 1826, Barred spiral galaxies and Discoveries by James Dunlop.
Vinony links it to 39 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Constellation
- Fornax
- Right ascension
- 03 33 36.4071
- Declination
- −36 ° 08 ′ 24.669 ″
- Redshift
- 0.005 457 ± 0.000 003
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 1,636 ± 1 km/s
- Distance
- 74 Mly (22.69 Mpc ) h , 0.6774 , ( Light-travel )
- Group or cluster
- Fornax Cluster
- Type
- (R')SBb(s)b
- Size
- 201,700 to 306,800 ly , (61.85 to 94.08 kpc ) , ( diameter ; 2MASS K-band total and D 25.5 B-band isophotes )
- Apparent size v
- 11.2 ′ × 6.2 ′
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Wikidata facts
- Distance from Earth
- 17
- Radius
- 100000
- Image
- Phot-08a-99-hires.jpg
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- Commons category
- NGC 1365
- catalog code
- 2MAXI J0334-360
- time of discovery or invention
- 1826-11-24
- galaxy morphological type
- SB(s)b
- apparent magnitude
- 9.7
- right ascension
- 53.4019083
- declination
- -36.1406583
- radial velocity
- 1639
- redshift
- 0.0055
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 1365, also known as the Fornax Propeller Galaxy or the Great Barred Spiral Galaxy, is a double-barred spiral galaxy about 56 million light-years away in the constellation Fornax. It was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop on 2 September 1826.
Characteristics
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