NGC 1365
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| NGC 1365 | |
 An ultraviolet image of NGC 1365 taken with GALEX. Credit: GALEX/NASA. |
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| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Fornax |
| Right ascension | 03h 33m 36.4s[1] |
| Declination | -36° 08′ 25″[1] |
| Redshift | 1636 ± 1 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 56.2 ± 2.6 Mly (17.2 ± 0.8 Mpc)[2] |
| Type | (R')SBb(s)b[1] |
| Apparent dimensions (V) | 11′.2 × 6′.2[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.3[1] |
| Other designations | |
| PGC 13179[1] | |
| See also: Galaxy, List of galaxies | |
NGC 1365 is a barred spiral galaxy about 56 million light-years away in the constellation Fornax. The core is an oval shape with an apparent size of about 50″ × 40″.[3] The spiral arms extend in a curve north and south from the ends of the east-west bar and form an almost ring like Z-shaped halo.[3]
Supernovae 2001du, 1983V, and 1957C were observed in NGC 1365.
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[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Results for NGC 1365. Retrieved on 2006-11-21.
- ^ Jensen, Joseph B.; Tonry, John L.; Barris, Brian J.; Thompson, Rodger I.; Liu, Michael C.; Rieke, Marcia J.; Ajhar, Edward A.; Blakeslee, John P. (February 2003). "Measuring Distances and Probing the Unresolved Stellar Populations of Galaxies Using Infrared Surface Brightness Fluctuations". Astrophysical Journal 583 (2): 712–726. doi:.
- ^ a b Kepple, George Robert; Glen W. Sanner (1998). The Night Sky Observer's Guide, Volume 1. Willmann-Bell, Inc., 198. ISBN 0-943396-58-1.
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