NGC 335
| Galaxy NGC 335 |
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| NGC 335 with LEDA 870754 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 59 m 19.8 s |
| declination | -18 ° 14 ′ 05 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc? / sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 137 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019003 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 5697 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(255 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (78.3 ± 5.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | October 9, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 335 • PGC 3544 • ESO 541-006 • MCG -03-03-015 • IRAS 00568-1830 • 2MASX J00591978-1814045 • SGC 005652-1830.3 • | |
NGC 335 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 255 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxy NGC 336 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on October 9, 1885 by the American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth .