NGC 314
| Galaxy NGC 314 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sculptor |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 56 m 52.4 s |
| declination | -31 ° 57 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SB (r) 0 ^ + |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0 ′, 9 × 0 ′, 8 |
| Position angle | 168 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.018730 ± 0.000127 |
| Radial velocity | 5615 ± 38 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(250 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (76.6 ± 5.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 27, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 314 • PGC 3395 • ESO 411-032 • MCG -05-03-015 • IRAS 00544-3214 • 2MASX J00565241-3157466 • SGC 005429-3214.0 • GC 175 • h 2362 • GALEX ASC J005652.36-315747.0 • 2MIG 110 | |
NGC 314 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Sculptor in the southern sky . It is an estimated 250 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light-tubes in diameter.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on September 27, 1834 .