NGC 1353
Sign in to savebarred 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.
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