NGC 321
| Galaxy NGC 321 |
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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 57 m 39.2 s |
| declination | -05 ° 05 ′ 10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBcd |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 95 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016161 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 4845 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(219 ± 15) x 10 6 ly (67.2 ± 4.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | September 27, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 321 • PGC 3443 • MCG -01-03-43 • IRAS F00550-0521 • 2MASX J00573925-0505098 • GC 5130 • NPM1G -05.0031 | |
NGC 321 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Whale , which is approximately 219 million light years from the Milky Way .
The galaxy was discovered on September 27, 1864 by the German astronomer Albert Marth .
Trivia
NGC 321 is a travel destination in the Star Trek episode "Computer War" , but is referred to there as the planetary system.