NGC 394
| Galaxy NGC 394 |
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![NGC 394, NGC 392 & NGC 397 [1] (from top to bottom) SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC392_-_NGC394_-_NGC_397_-_SDSS_DR14.png)
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| NGC 394, NGC 392 & NGC 397 (above or below) SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 08 m 26.0 s |
| declination | + 33 ° 08 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 129 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 26 |
| Redshift | 0.014754 ± 0.000077 |
| Radial velocity | 4423 ± 23 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(205 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (62.7 ± 4.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | RJ Mitchell |
| Discovery date | October 26, 1854 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 394 • PGC 4049 • CGCG 501-095 • MCG + 05-03-63 • 2MASX J01082606 + 3308529 • GC 213/215 • GALEX ASC J010826.07 + 330852.1 • LDCE 74 NED030 • HOLM 36B • KTG 3B | |
NGC 394 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 205 million light years from the Milky Way and about 35,000 light years in diameter.
Together with NGC 392 and NGC 397 , it forms the isolated galaxy trio KTG 3 .
The object was discovered on October 26, 1854 by the Irish astronomer R. J. Mitchell , an assistant to William Parsons .