NGC 396
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| NGC 396 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image or NGC 396 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Pisces |
| Right ascension | 01h 08m 08.4s[1] |
| Declination | +04° 31′ 51″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.042283[1] |
| Helio radial velocity | 12676 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 550 Mly (168 Mpc)[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 16.6[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S0[2] |
| Size | ~186,800 ly (57.28 kpc) (estimated)[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 0.41' × 0.25'[1] |
| Other designations | |
| 2MASX J01080838+0431509, PGC 99944, LEDA 99944.[1] | |
NGC 396 is a lenticular galaxy[2] located about located about 550 million light-years away[3] from Earth, in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on October 27, 1864, by Albert Marth. It was described by Dreyer as "extremely faint, small, a little extended."[2] It is a large galaxy, with a diameter of around 185,000 light years, making it nearly twice the size of the Milky Way.[3]
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References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0396. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 350 - 399". Cseligman. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
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