The New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars (abbreviated as NGC) is a catalogue of deep-sky objects compiled by John Louis Emil Dreyer in 1888. The NGC contains 7,840 objects, known as the NGC objects. It is one of the largest comprehensive catalogues, as it includes all types of deep space objects, including galaxies, star clusters, emission nebulae and absorption nebulae.
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NGC 1344
NGC 1340 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Fornax. Its speed relative to the cosmic microwave background is 1,126 ± 17 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble Distance of 16.6 ± 1.2 Mpc (∼54.1 million ly). It was discovered by the German-British astronomer William Herschel in 1790, but it was added to the New General Catalog under the designation NGC 1344 later. This galaxy was later observed by the British astronomer John Herschel on November 19, 1835, and it is this observation that was added to the New General Catalog under the designation NGC 1340. To date, 34 non-redshift measurements yield a distance of 18.688 ± 3.160 Mpc (∼61 million ly), which is within the Hubble distance range.
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