NGC 352
Galaxy NGC 352 |
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NGC 352 SDSS image | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | whale |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 01 h 02 m 09.2 s |
declination | -04 ° 14 ′ 44 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | (R ') SB (rs) b? |
Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
Angular expansion | 2.4 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
Position angle | 165 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.017625 ± 0.000050 |
Radial velocity | 5284 ± 15 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(239 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (73.2 ± 5.1) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
Discovery date | September 20, 1784 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 352 • PGC 3701 • MCG -01-03-071 • IRAS 00596-0430 • 2MASX J01020920-0414436 • GC 189 • H III 191 • h 81 • GALEX ASC J010209.22-041446.4 • LDCE 54 NED007 • NVSS J010209-041444 |
NGC 352 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 239 million light years from the Milky Way and about 170,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on September 20, 1784 by the German-British astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel .