NGC 323
| Galaxy NGC 323 |
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| DSS image of NGC 328 (center) and NGC 323 (bottom right) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Phoenix |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 56 m 41.6 s |
| declination | -52 ° 58 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E2: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 175 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025948 ± 0.000103 |
| Radial velocity | 7779 ± 31 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(343 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (105.3 ± 7.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 3, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 323 • PGC 3374 • ESO 151-9 • 2MASX J00564165-5258332 • SGC 005429-5314.8 • GC 180 • h 2365 • AM 0054-531 • LDCE 0053 NED005 | |
NGC 323 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Phoenix , approximately 343 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered on October 3, 1834 by the British astronomer John Frederick William Herschel .