NGC 352

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Galaxy
NGC 352
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NGC 352 [1] SDSS image
NGC 352 SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 352
  4. Seligman