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]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0360. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
- ^ a b An object's distance from Earth can be determined using Hubble's law: v=Ho 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=Ho
- ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 360". spider.seds.org. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
- ^ "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
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