NGC 322
| Galaxy NGC 322 |
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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 57 m 10.0 s |
| declination | -43 ° 43 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (PR?) S0 ^ 0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 153 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023770 +/- 0.000103 |
| Radial velocity | 7126 +/- 31 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(316 ± 22) · 10 6 ly (96.8 ± 6.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 5, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 322 • PGC 3412 • ESO 243-G015 • MCG -07-03-003 • 2MASX J00570999-4343376 • GC 179 • h 4008 • AM 0054-435 | |
NGC 322 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Phoenix , approximately 316 million light years from the Milky Way . Together with PGC 95427 , it forms an interacting pair of galaxies, which are only 0 ′, 2 separated from each other.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on September 5, 1834 .