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barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Eridanus

Key facts

Constellation
Eridanus
Right ascension
03 32.31
Declination
−20 ° 49 ′
Redshift
1547 ± 24
Distance
21.5 Mpc (70 Mly)
Type
SBb
Apparent size v
3.4 ′ × 1.4 ′

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
spiral galaxy
Constellation
Eridanus
Distance from Earth
20.40
Image
NGC 1353 DSS.jpg
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catalog code
LEDA 13108
redshift
0.00511
galaxy morphological type
Sb
Commons category
NGC 1353
discoverer or inventor
William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1784-00-00
apparent magnitude
8.109
right ascension
53.0126000
declination
-20.8191611
radial velocity
1528
epoch
J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 1353 is a flocculent spiral galaxy situated in the constellation of Eridanus. Located about 70 million light years away, it is a member of the Eridanus Cluster of galaxies, a cluster of about 200 galaxies. It was discovered by William Herschel on 9 December 1784.

NGC 1353 has a Hubble classification of SBb, which indicates it is a barred spiral galaxy. It is moving away from the Milky Way at 1547 km/s. Its size on the night sky is 3.4 by 1.4 arcminutes, which corresponds to a real size of 69,000 ly.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 1353” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.