NGC 360

NGC 360 is a spiral galaxy located approximately 103 million light-years from the Solar System[2] in the constellation Tucana. It was discovered on 2 November, 1834 by John Herschel. Dreyer, creator of the New General Catalogue described the object as "extremely faint, very much extended 145°, very little brighter middle."[4]

NGC 360
NGC 360 as seen on DSS
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Tucana
Right ascension	01^h 02^m 51.4^s[1]
Declination	−65° 36′ 36″[1]
Redshift	0.007693[1]
Helio radial velocity	2,306 km/s[1]
Distance	103 Mly[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]

See also

• Spiral galaxy
• List of NGC objects (1–1000)
• Tucana (constellation)

References

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0360. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
2. An object's distance from Earth can be determined using Hubble's law: v=H_o is Hubble's constant (70±5 (km/s)/Mpc). The relative uncertainty Δd/d divided by the distance is equal to the sum of the relative uncertainties of the velocity and v=H_o
3. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 360". spider.seds.org. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
4. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 350 - 399". Cseligman. Retrieved November 19, 2016.

External links

• Media related to NGC 360 at Wikimedia Commons
• NGC 360 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
• SEDS