| NGC 1376 | |
|---|---|
 A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of NGC 1376 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
| Right ascension | 03h 37m 05.80s[1] |
| Declination | −05° 02′ 36″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.013873±0.00003[1] |
| Distance | 180 Mly (55.1 Mpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.1[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SA(s)cd[1] |
| Size | 71,000 ly |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.95 x 1.82[3] |
| Notable features | Older stars near core |
| Other designations | |
| IRAS 03346-0512,[1] MCG-01-10-011,[1] PGC 13352,[1] GSC 04722-00875[1] | |
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NGC 1376 is a spiral galaxy located around 180 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus.[1] It was discovered in 1785 by William Herschel, and it is 79,000 light-years across.[1] NGC 1376 is not known to have an active galactic nuclei, but it does have lots of star-forming regions.[2][3]