It measures roughly 130,000 light years across: slightly larger than our own galaxy, the Milky Way. It is classified as an Sa(r) galaxy, meaning that it is a spiral with arms wound tightly enough to form a prominent central ring. The faint outer ring (called a "pseudo-ring")[3] is sometimes added to the beginning of the classification with the designation "R'1."[1] NGC 1350 is seen on the outskirts of the Fornax cluster of galaxies, but its membership is uncertain due to distance.[2]
One supernova has been observed in NGC 1350: SN 1959A (type unknown, mag. 16).[4]
ImageEdit
The image on the right is an almost-true color composite image made with the VLT's 8.2 meter Kueyen telescope on 26 Jan 2000, at the European Southern Observatory site at Cerro Paranal, Chile. Observations were done at the following wavelengths (and assigned the following colors): B (blue) for 6 minutes, V (green) for 4 minutes, R (orange) for 3 minutes, and I (red) for 3 minutes. The image covers a region of 8.0 x 5.0 arcminutes of sky. North is to the left and East is down.[2]
The viewing angle and the two rings make NGC 1350 look somewhat like a cosmic "eye." Another feature is the tenuous nature of the outer arms, through which a number of background galaxies can be seen. The outer region's blue tint indicates the presence of star formation.
ReferencesEdit
^ abcdefg"NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 1350. Retrieved 5 Dec 2008.
^ abc . European Southern Observatory (ESO) press release. 29 Sep 2005. Archived from the original on 2012-08-12. Retrieved 5 Dec 2008.
^Transient Name Server entry for SN 1959A. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
External linksEdit
Media related to NGC 1350 at Wikimedia Commons
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1350, this, article, uses, bare, urls, which, uninformative, vulnerable, link, please, consider, converting, them, full, citations, ensure, article, remains, verifiable, maintains, consistent, citation, style, several, templates, tools, available, assist, form. This article uses bare URLs which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message NGC 1350 is a spiral galaxy located 87 million light years away in the southern constellation Fornax the Furnace NGC 1350Observation data J2000 epoch ConstellationFornaxRight ascension03h 31m 08 1s 1 Declination 33 37 43 1 Redshift0 006354 1905 3 km s 1 Distance87 4 Mly 26 8 Mpc 1 Apparent magnitude V 11 46 1 CharacteristicsTypeSa r 2 Apparent size V 5 2 x 2 8 arcmin 1 Notable featurespronounced ring structureOther designationsPGC 013059 Contents 1 Characteristics 2 Image 3 References 4 External linksCharacteristics EditIt measures roughly 130 000 light years across slightly larger than our own galaxy the Milky Way It is classified as an Sa r galaxy meaning that it is a spiral with arms wound tightly enough to form a prominent central ring The faint outer ring called a pseudo ring 3 is sometimes added to the beginning of the classification with the designation R 1 1 NGC 1350 is seen on the outskirts of the Fornax cluster of galaxies but its membership is uncertain due to distance 2 One supernova has been observed in NGC 1350 SN 1959A type unknown mag 16 4 Image EditThe image on the right is an almost true color composite image made with the VLT s 8 2 meter Kueyen telescope on 26 Jan 2000 at the European Southern Observatory site at Cerro Paranal Chile Observations were done at the following wavelengths and assigned the following colors B blue for 6 minutes V green for 4 minutes R orange for 3 minutes and I red for 3 minutes The image covers a region of 8 0 x 5 0 arcminutes of sky North is to the left and East is down 2 The viewing angle and the two rings make NGC 1350 look somewhat like a cosmic eye Another feature is the tenuous nature of the outer arms through which a number of background galaxies can be seen The outer region s blue tint indicates the presence of star formation References Edit a b c d e f g NASA IPAC Extragalactic Database Results for NGC 1350 Retrieved 5 Dec 2008 a b c The Colossal Cosmic Eye ESO s VLT Captures Image of Spiral Galaxy NGC 1350 European Southern Observatory ESO press release 29 Sep 2005 Archived from the original on 2012 08 12 Retrieved 5 Dec 2008 http ned ipac caltech edu level5 Rings Rings17 html Transient Name Server entry for SN 1959A Retrieved 29 March 2023 External links Edit nbsp Media related to NGC 1350 at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title NGC 1350 amp oldid 1154750658, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
