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EntityQ833000· pop 34· linked from 418 articles

galaxy in the Fornax Cluster

Key facts

Constellation
Fornax
Right ascension
03 31 08.074
Declination
−33 ° 37 ′ 41.959 ″
Distance
87.4 Mly (26.8 M pc )
Group or cluster
NGC 1316 group (LGG 94)
Type
Sa(r)
Size
~144,200 ly (44.20 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
5.2 x 2.8 arcmin
Notable features
pronounced ring structure

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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Fornax
Distance from Earth
25.54
Image
Ngc 1350.jpg
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discoverer or inventor
James Dunlop
catalog code
[VDD93] 29
galaxy morphological type
R'SB(r)ab
Commons category
NGC 1350
time of discovery or invention
1826-11-24
apparent magnitude
7.399
radial velocity
1868
right ascension
52.7838292
declination
-33.6286389
redshift
0.006354
epoch
J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 1350 is a spiral galaxy located 87 million light years away in the southern constellation Fornax (the Furnace). It was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop on 24 November 1826.

Characteristics

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q833000” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.