NGC 350
Galaxy NGC 350 |
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NGC 350 & NGC 349 SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | whale |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 01 h 01 m 56.71 s |
declination | -06 ° 47 ′ 44.6 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SB? 0-: |
Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.9 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
Position angle | 82 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.020254 ± 0.000090 |
Radial velocity | 6072 ± 27 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(274 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (83.9 ± 5.9) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Albert Marth |
Discovery date | September 27, 1864 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 350 • PGC 3690 • MCG -01-03-069 • 2MASX J01015671-0647444 • GC 5140 • GALEX ASC J010156.73-064743.5 • LDCE 57 NED006 • NSA 153838 |
NGC 350 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 274 million light years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 light years in diameter. Presumably it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair together with NGC 349 .
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 .