NGC 1326 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Fornax,[5] 63 million light-years away. It was discovered by English astronomer John Herschel on 29 November 1837.[4] It is a member of the Fornax Cluster, an NGC 1316 subgroup and has a diameter of 70 000 light-years.
| NGC 1326 | |
|---|---|
 HST image of NGC 1326 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Fornax |
| Right ascension | 03h 23m 56.397s[1] |
| Declination | −36° 27′ 52.78″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.004584[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 1371 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 52 Mly (16 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.54[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 11.43[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | (R1)SAB(r)0/a[4] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG -06-08-011, PGC 12709[2] | |
NGC 1326 is an early-type lenticular galaxy with a Hubble classification of S0, but it is very different from other early-type lenticulars in the Fornax Cluster. NGC 1326 has a nuclear ring.
References
edit- ^ a b Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
- ^ a b c d e "NGC 1326". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
- ^ Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal. 655 (2): 790–813. arXiv:astro-ph/0610732. Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C. doi:10.1086/510201. S2CID 11672751.
- ^ a b "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 1300 - 1349". cseligman.com.
- ^ "NGC 1326". sim-basic. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
External links
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