NGC 325

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Galaxy
NGC 325
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NGC 325 & NGC 327 [1] SDSS image
NGC 325 & NGC 327 SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 00 h 57 m 47.87 s
declination -05 ° 06 ′ 43.5 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sb  
Brightness  (visual) 14.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.5 mag
Angular expansion 1.3 ′ × 0.2 ′
Position angle 91 °
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.018303 ± 0.000013  
Radial velocity 5487 ± 4 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(248 ± 17)  ·  10 6  ly
(76 ± 5.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date September 27, 1864
Catalog names
NGC  325 • PGC  3454 • MCG  -01-03-045 • GC  5131 • GALEX ASC J005748.03-050644.8 • LDCE 54 NED002

NGC 325 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 248 million light years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years in diameter. Presumably it forms together with NGC 327 and NGC 329 an interacting galaxy trio.

In the same area of ​​the sky there is still u. a. the galaxy NGC 321 .

The object was discovered on September 27, 1864 by the German astronomer Albert Marth .

Web links

Commons : NGC 325  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e NGC 325
  4. Seligman