NGC 312
| Galaxy NGC 312 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Phoenix |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 56 m 15.9 s |
| declination | -52 ° 46 ′ 58 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E +: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 62 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | SSRS group 19 |
| Redshift | 0.026612 ± 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | 7978 ± 17 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(353 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (108.1 ± 7.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 5, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 312 • PGC 3343 • ESO 151-6 • 2MASX J00561593-5246576 • SGC 005404-5303.2 • GC 174 • h 2363 • GALEX ASC J005615.92-524656.5 • LDCE 0053 NED004 | |
NGC 312 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble-type E2 in the constellation Phoenix the southern sky . It is estimated to be 353 million light years from the Milky Way and about 150,000 light tubes in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 323 and NGC 328 .
The object was discovered on September 5, 1836 by the British astronomer John Herschel .