NGC 324
| Galaxy NGC 324 |
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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 14.8 s |
| declination | -40 ° 57 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 95 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011515 ± 0.000040 |
| Radial velocity | 3452 ± 12 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(152 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (46.5 ± 3.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 23, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 324 • PGC 3416 • ESO 295-025 • MCG -07-03-002 • 2MASX J00571478-4057329 • GC 181 • h 2364 • GALEX ASC J005714.81-405733.1 | |
NGC 324 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Phoenix in the southern sky . It is an estimated 152 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxy IC 1609 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on October 23, 1835 by the British astronomer John Herschel .