NGC 356

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Galaxy
NGC 356
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NGC 356 [1] SDSS image
NGC 356 SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 356
  4. Seligman