NGC 334
| Galaxy NGC 334 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sculptor |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 58 m 49.8 s |
| declination | -35 ° 06 ′ 58 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (s) b pec: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 1 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.030721 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 9210 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(410 ± 29) · 10 6 Lj (125.7 ± 8.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 25, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 334 • PGC 3514 • ESO 351-026 • MCG -06-03-012 • IRAS 00564-3523 • SGC 005628-3523.1 • GC 184 • h 2368 • GALEX ASC J005849.86-350657.2 | |
NGC 334 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Sculptor in the southern sky. It is an estimated 410 million light years from the Milky Way and about 145,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxy IC 1608 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on September 25, 1834 by the British astronomer John Herschel .