NGC 320
| Galaxy NGC 320 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 58 m 46.5 s |
| declination | -20 ° 50 ′ 24 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SB (rs) 0 / a: HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 159 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018379 ± 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | 5510 ± 30 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(214 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (65.7 ± 5.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 320 • PGC 3510 • ESO 541-G3 • MCG -04-03-037 • IRAS 00563-2106 • KUG 0056-211 • 2MASX J00584655-2050245 • SGC 005619-2106.6 • | |
NGC 320 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Whale , approximately 214 million light years from the Milky Way . The galaxy was discovered in 1886 by the American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth .