NGC 311

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Galaxy
NGC 311
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation fishes
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 00 h 57 m 32.7 s
declination + 30 ° 16 ′ 51 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Brightness  (visual) 13.0 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.0 mag
Angular expansion 1.4 ′ × 0.7 ′
Position angle 120 °
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation NGC 266 group
NGC 315 group
LGG 14  
Redshift 0.016895 ± 0.000047  
Radial velocity 5065 ± 14 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(233 ± 16)  x  10 6  ly
(71.5 ± 5.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date September 15, 1828
Catalog names
NGC  311 • UGC  592 • PGC  3434 • CGCG  501-049 • MCG  + 05-03-028 • 2MASX  J00573274 + 3016508 • GC  173 • h  78 • GALEX ASC J005732.76 + 301650.0 • LDCE 74 NED010

NGC 311 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 233 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies NGC 315 , NGC 318 , NGC 338 , IC 66 are located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered on September 15, 1828 by the British astronomer John Herschel .

Web links

Commons : NGC 311  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 311
  3. ^ VizieR
  4. Seligman