NGC 1337

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NGC 1337 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the Eridanus constellation. It was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift on November 10, 1885. The galaxy is about 45 million light-years away from Earth (roughly 13.9 megaparsecs). Its position in the sky is right ascension 03h 28m 05.9s and declination −08° 23′ 19″ (J2000). It has a redshift of 0.004135, which means it is moving away from us at about 1,237 km/s. The blue apparent magnitude is 12.53. NGC 1337 is classified as SA(s)cd. Other names for it are MCG -02-09-042 and PGC 12916.