NGC 348
| Galaxy NGC 348 |
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![NGC 348 with LEDA 3675 (lo) [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC_0348_DSS.jpg)
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| NGC 348 with LEDA 3675 (lo) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Phoenix |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 00 m 52.0 s |
| declination | -53 ° 14 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 94 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.029477 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 8837 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(391 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (119.8 ± 8.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 3, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 348 • PGC 3632 • ESO 151-017 • 2MASX J01005202-5314402 • SGC 005841-5330.8 • GC 188 • h 2371 • GALEX ASC J010052.16-531439.7 • WISE A J010052.04-531439.3 | |
NGC 348 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Phoenix on southern sky . It is an estimated 391 million light years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on October 3, 1834 by the British astronomer John Herschel .