NGC 356
Galaxy NGC 356 |
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NGC 356 SDSS image | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | whale |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 01 h 03 m 07.1 s |
declination | -06 ° 59 ′ 18 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SAB (s) bc |
Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
Position angle | 53 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.019650 ± 0.000180 |
Radial velocity | 5891 ± 54 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(265 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (81.4 ± 5.7) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Albert Marth |
Discovery date | September 27, 1864 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 356 • PGC 3754 • MCG -01-03-078 • IRAS 01005-0715 • 2MASX J01030710-0659182 • VV 486 • GC 5142 • NVSS J010306-065918 • LDCE 57 NED008 |
NGC 356 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 265 million light years from the Milky Way and about 140,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 345 , NGC 347 , NGC 349 , NGC 350 .
The object was discovered on September 27, 1864 by the German astronomer Albert Marth .