| NGC 360 | |
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 NGC 360 as seen byDECam | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Tucana |
| Right ascension | 01h 02m 51.4s[1] |
| Declination | −65° 36′ 36″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.007693[1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 2,306 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 103Mly[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.40[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.4[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Sbc[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 4.03' × 0.52'[1] |
| Other designations | |
| ESO 079- G 014,2MASX J01025144-6536359,IRAS 01009-6552, F01009-6552, ESO-LV 0790140,6dF J0102515-653636,PGC 3743.[1] | |
NGC 360 is aspiral galaxy located approximately 103 millionlight-years from theSolar System[2] in the constellationTucana. It was discovered on 2 November 1834 byJohn Herschel.Dreyer, creator of theNew General Catalogue described the object as "extremely faint, very much extended 145°, very little brighter middle."[4]
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