NGC 350

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Galaxy
NGC 350
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NGC 350 & NGC 349 [1] SDSS image
NGC 350 & NGC 349 SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. AladinLite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 350
  4. Seligman