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Page last updated Jul 24, 2011
WORKING: Add positions/physical data (per Steinicke)

NGC 1350 (= PGC 13059)
Discovered (Nov 24, 1826) by
James Dunlop (591)
An 11th-magnitude barred spiral galaxy (type (R)SB(r)ab) in Fornax (RA 03 31 08, Dec -33 37 43)

The second IC lists a corrected position (per Delisle Stewart) of RA 03 25 44, NPD 124 06, and adds "annular; h's place was very rough"
Based on recessional velocity measurements of 1440 and 1905 km/sec (!), NGC 1350 is 65 to 90 million light years away, in good agreement with equally variable redshift-independent distance estimates of 55 to 85 million light years. Given that and an apparent size of 6 by 3 arcmin, it is between 115 and 145 thousand light years in diameter.

Wikisky image of NGC 1350
Above, a 6 arcmin wide closeup of NGC 1350
Below, a 12 arcmin wide region centered on the galaxy
Wikisky image of region around NGC 1350

NGC 1351
Discovered (Oct 19, 1835) by
John Herschel

NGC 1352
Discovered (Dec 11, 1835) by
John Herschel

NGC 1353
Discovered (Dec 9, 1784) by
William Herschel

NGC 1354
Discovered (Dec 30, 1785) by
William Herschel

NGC 1355
Discovered (Oct 8, 1864) by
Heinrich d'Arrest

NGC 1356
Discovered (Dec 23, 1837) by
John Herschel

NGC 1357
Discovered (Feb 1, 1785) by
William Herschel

NGC 1358
Discovered (Oct 5, 1785) by
William Herschel

NGC 1359
Discovered (Oct 12, 1836) by
John Herschel

NGC 1360
Discovered (1859) by
Lewis Swift

NGC 1361
Discovered (1886) by
Ormond Stone (II-370)

NGC 1362
Discovered (Dec 19, 1799) by
William Herschel

NGC 1363
Discovered (Dec 31, 1877) by
Sherburne Burnham

NGC 1364
Discovered (1886) by
Frank Muller (II-371)

NGC 1365 (= PGC 13179)
Discovered (Sep 2, 1826) by
James Dunlop (562)
A 10th-magnitude barred spiral galaxy (type SB(s)b) in Fornax (RA 03 33 37, Dec -36 08 27)

A member of the Fornax Cluster, the second richest cluster of galaxies within 100 million light years, and a Seyfert galaxy (type Sy 1.8). Based on recessional velocity of 1635 km/sec, about 75 million light years away, in good agreement with redshift-independent distance estimates of 35 to 80 million light years, and the estimated distance of the cluster, of about 60 million light years. Given that and apparent size of 11.2 by 6.2 arcmin, about 200 thousand light years across. A rotating density wave triggers the formation of new star clusters in the spiral arms, helps maintain the structure of the bar, and funnels material into the bar, feeding its growth and most likely, that of a supermassive black hole hidden within the dusty clouds which partially obscure the bar. Because of the huge mass of the galaxy (more than a trillion solar masses), the bar rotates at well over a thousand miles a second, but even at such speeds the spiral arms take three or four hundred million years to move once around the galaxy's vast circumference.

Wikisky image of NGC 1365
Above, a 12 arcmin wide "closeup" of NGC 1365
Below, a ESO "true-color" image of the galaxy

Below, a HST (Image Credits: NASA and John Trauger (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)) image of the core of the galaxy


NGC 1366
Discovered (Oct 9, 1790) by
William Herschel

NGC 1367 (=
NGC 1371)
Discovered (Nov 17, 1784) by William Herschel (and later listed as NGC 1371)
Discovered (1886) by Ormond Stone (I-106) (and later listed as NGC 1367)

NGC 1368
Discovered (Nov 12, 1885) by
Francis Leavenworth (I-107)

NGC 1369
Discovered (Jan 19, 1865) by
Julius Schmidt (b)

NGC 1370
Discovered (Sep 21, 1786) by
William Herschel

NGC 1371 (=
NGC 1367)
Discovered (Nov 17, 1784) by William Herschel (and later listed as NGC 1371)
Discovered (1886) by Ormond Stone (and later listed as NGC 1367)

NGC 1372
Discovered (Nov 12, 1885) by
Francis Leavenworth (I-108)

NGC 1373
Discovered (Nov 29, 1837) by
John Herschel

NGC 1374
Discovered (Nov 29, 1837) by
John Herschel

NGC 1375
Discovered (Nov 29, 1837) by
John Herschel

NGC 1376
Discovered (Jan 28, 1785) by
William Herschel

NGC 1377
Discovered (Dec 19, 1799) by
William Herschel

NGC 1378
Discovered (Jan 19, 1865) by
Julius Schmidt (d)

NGC 1379
Discovered (Dec 25, 1835) by
John Herschel

NGC 1380
Discovered (Sep 2, 1826) by
James Dunlop (574)

NGC 1381
Discovered (Jan 19, 1865) by
Julius Schmidt (3)

NGC 1382
Discovered (Jan 19, 1865) by
Julius Schmidt (f)

NGC 1383
Discovered (Dec 11, 1835) by
John Herschel

NGC 1384
Discovered (Oct 20, 1864) by
Albert Marth (90)

NGC 1385
Discovered (Nov 17, 1784) by
William Herschel

NGC 1386
Discovered (Jan 19, 1865) by
Julius Schmidt (g)

NGC 1387
Discovered (Dec 25, 1835) by
John Herschel

NGC 1388
Discovered (Nov 12, 1885) by
Francis Leavenworth (I-109)

NGC 1389
Discovered (Jan 19, 1865) by
Julius Schmidt (h)

NGC 1390
Discovered (1886) by
Frank Muller (II-372)

NGC 1391
Discovered (1886) by
Francis Leavenworth (II-373)
The first IC lists a corrected position (per Ormond Stone) of RA 03 32 34, 108 45.0
The second IC lists a corrected NPD (per Ormond Stone and Howe) of 108 48.8

NGC 1392
Discovered (Feb 13, 1887) by
Lewis Swift (6-15)

NGC 1393
Discovered (Oct 6, 1785) by
William Herschel

NGC 1394
Discovered (1886) by
Francis Leavenworth (II-374)
The first IC lists a corrected position (per Ormond Stone) of RA 03 32 48, NPD 108 45.0

NGC 1395
Discovered (Nov 17, 1784) by
William Herschel

NGC 1396
Discovered (Jan 19, 1865) by
Julius Schmidt (i)

NGC 1397
Discovered (Sep 30, 1786) by
William Herschel
The first IC adds "is not h305, which was observed by Swift and Burnham in h's place (RA 03 34 34, NPD 95 07.0)"

NGC 1398
Discovered (Oct 9, 1861) by
Wilhelm Tempel (V)

NGC 1399
Discovered (May 1, 1826) by
James Dunlop (332)
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