NGC 344
| Galaxy NGC 344 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 58 m 25.4 s |
| declination | -23 ° 13 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 16.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | ? |
| Radial velocity | ? km / s |
| distance | ? Lj |
| history | |
| discovery | Frank Muller |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 344 • PGC 198261 • AM 0055-232 | |
NGC 344 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 343 and IC 1600 .
The object was discovered in 1886 by the American astronomer Frank Muller .