NGC 1353

NGC 1353 is a flocculent spiral galaxy situated in the constellation of Eridanus. Located about 70 million light years away, it is a member of the Eridanus Cluster of galaxies, a cluster of about 200 galaxies. It was discovered by William Herschel on 9 December 1784.^[3]

NGC 1353
Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 1353
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Eridanus
Right ascension	03h 32.31m [1]
Declination	−20° 49′[1]
Redshift	1547 ± 24
Distance	21.5 Mpc (70 Mly)
Apparent magnitude (V)	11.5[1]
Characteristics
Type	SBb[1]
Apparent size (V)	3.4′ × 1.4′[1]
Other designations
UGCA 76, MCG -04-09-022, PGC 13108[2]

NGC 1353 has a Hubble classification of SBb, which indicates it is a barred spiral galaxy. It is moving away from the Milky Way at 1547 km/s. Its size on the night sky is 3.4 by 1.4 arcminutes, which corresponds to a real size of 69,000 ly.

See also

• NGC 2841, a famous flocculent spiral galaxy