Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiP
- Redshift
- z = 0.004573
- Coordinates
- RA 53.7467° · Dec -35.1711°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Fornax (constellation)
- Right ascension
- 03 34 59.2
- Declination
- −35 ° 10 ′ 16 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 1334 km/s
- Distance
- 61.13 Mly (18.744 Mpc )
- Group or cluster
- Fornax Cluster
- Absolute magnitude v
- −18.77
- Type
- E+
- Mass
- 1.3 × 10 (Stellar mass)/6 × 10 (Total Mass) M ☉
- Size
- ~18,800 ly (5.76 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 1.1 x 0.9
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 1373 is a dwarf elliptical galaxy located 61 million light years away in constellation of Fornax. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on November 29, 1837, and is a member of the Fornax Cluster. NGC 1373 is a host to a supermassive black hole with an estimated mass of 4.6 million solar masses.
63 known globular clusters have been observed surrounding NGC 1373, along with 13 observed planetary nebulae.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 1373” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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