NGC 349
Galaxy data from NGC 349 |
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NGC 349 & NGC 350 SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | whale |
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 |
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 .