NGC 349
| Galaxy data from NGC 349 |
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![NGC 349 & NGC 350 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC349_-_NGC350_-_SDSS_DR14.png)
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| NGC 349 & NGC 350 SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 01 m 50.7 s |
| declination | -06 ° 47 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 49 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019967 ± 0.000060 |
| Radial velocity | 5986 ± 18 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(270 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (82.7 ± 5.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | September 27, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 349 • PGC 3687 • MCG -01-03-068 • 2MASX J01015074-0647594 • GC 5139 • GALEX ASC J010150.87-064759.2 • LDCE 0057 NED005 • NVSS J010150-064803 | |
NGC 349 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 270 million light years from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light years in diameter. Presumably it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair together with NGC 350 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 340 , NGC 342 , NGC 345 , NGC 347 .
The object was discovered on September 27, 1864 by the German astronomer Albert Marth .