NGC 353
| Galaxy NGC 353 |
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![NGC 353 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC353_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 353 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 02 m 24.5 s |
| declination | -01 ° 57 ′ 32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBa / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 26 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013703 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 4108 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(187 ± 13) x 10 6 ly (57.2 ± 4.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis A. Swift |
| Discovery date | November 10, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 353 • UGC 641 • PGC 3714 • CGCG 384-58 • MCG + 0-03-058 • IRAS 00598-0213 • 2MASX J01022454-0157326 • NVSS J010224-015725 • LDCE 48 NED008 | |
NGC 353 is a barred spiral galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type SBa in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 187 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 351 .
The object was discovered on November 10, 1885 by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift .