NGC 298
| Galaxy NGC 298 |
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| NGC 298 & NGC 297 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 55 m 02.3 s |
| declination | -07 ° 19 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Scd: / sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 337 group LGG 15 |
| Redshift | 0.005847 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 1753 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(81 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (24.8 ± 1.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | September 27, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 298 • PGC 3250 • MCG -01-03-303 • IRAS F00525-0736 • 2MASX J00550234-0719591 • GC 5125 • HIPASS J0054-07 • USGC S030 NED01 | |
NGC 298 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 81 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years across .
The galaxies NGC 293 and NGC 297 are located in the same area of the sky .
The Type II supernova SN 1986K was observed here.
The object was discovered on September 27, 1864 by the German astronomer Albert Marth .
Web links
Commons : NGC 298 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
