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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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.