NGC 329

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Galaxy
NGC 329
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NGC 329 [1]
NGC 329
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 00 h 58 m 1.60 s
declination -05 ° 04 ′ 16.4 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sb: / HII?  
Brightness  (visual) 13.5 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.3 mag
Angular expansion 1.5 ′ × 0.6 ′
Position angle 20 °
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.017569 ± 0.000033  
Radial velocity 5267 ± 10 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(238 ± 17)  ·  10 6  ly
(73 ± 5.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date September 27, 1864
Catalog names
NGC  329 • PGC  3467 • MCG  -01-03-048 • IRAS  00554-0521 • 2MASX  J00580158-0504165 • GC  5134 • NVSS J005801-050414 • LDCE 54 NED004 • Stile 30B

NGC 329 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 238 million light years from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light years in diameter. Together with NGC 327 it forms the gravitationally bound galaxy pair Holm 30 and together with NGC 325 presumably an interacting 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 329  - 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 329
  4. Seligman