NGC 354

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Galaxy
NGC 354
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NGC 354 [1] SDSS image
NGC 354 SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation fishes
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 03 m 16.4 s
declination + 22 ° 20 ′ 34 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB / pec / Sbrst  
Brightness  (visual) 13.5 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.3 mag
Angular expansion 0.8 ′ × 0.4 ′
Position angle 29 °
Surface brightness 12.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.015561 ± 0.000030  
Radial velocity 4665 ± 9 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(214 ± 15)  ·  10 6  ly
(65.7 ± 4.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery Édouard Stephan
Discovery date October 24, 1881
Catalog names
NGC  354 • UGC  645 • PGC  3763 • CGCG  480-037 • MCG  + 04-03-037 • IRAS  01005 + 2204 • 2MASX  J01031641 + 2220338 • Mrk  353 • WISE A J010316.36 + 222033.3 • NVSS J010316 + 222033

NGC 354 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 214 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered on October 24, 1881 by the French astronomer Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 354
  4. Seligman