NGC 337
| Galaxy NGC 337 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 59 m 50.1 s |
| declination | -07 ° 34 ′ 41 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) d / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3 ′ × 1.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 141 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
NGC 337 group LGG 15 |
| Redshift | 0.005497 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 1648 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(76 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (23.3 ± 1.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 10, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 337 • PGC 3572 • MCG -01-03-053 • IRAS 00573-0750 • 2MASX J00595009-0734406 • GC 185 • H II 433 • h 80 • HIPASS J0059-07 | |
NGC 337 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SBcd in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 76 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter.
Together with NGC 274 , NGC 275 and NGC 298 , it forms the NGC 337 group .
The type IIP supernovae SN 2011dq and SN 2014cx were observed here.
The object was discovered on September 10, 1785 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
NGC 337 group ( LGG 15 )
| Galaxy | Alternative name | Distance / million Lj |
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| NGC 337 | PGC 3572 | 76 |
| NGC 274 | PGC 2980 | 81 |
| NGC 275 | PGC 2984 | 81 |
| NGC 298 | PGC 3250 | 81 |
Web links
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