NGC 301
| Galaxy NGC 301 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 56 m 18.3 s |
| declination | -10 ° 40 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R '?) S0-: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 70 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022667 ± 0.000064 |
| Radial velocity | 6795 ± 19 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(306 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (93.7 ± 6.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Frank Muller |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 301 • PGC 3345 • 2MASX J00561836-1040258 • | |
NGC 301 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 306 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 65,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 309 and IC 1602 .
The object was discovered in 1886 by the American astronomer Frank Muller .
Web links
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