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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
Sy2
Distance
4,560 light-years
Redshift
z = 0.0231593551296077
Coordinates
RA 14.2399° · Dec -43.8388°
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Key facts

Constellation
Phoenix
Right ascension
00 56 57.6
Declination
−43 ° 50 ′ 20 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
6,943 km/s
Type
SAB(s)a:
Apparent size v
1.0' × 0.8'

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 319 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Phoenix. It was first discovered on September 5, 1834 by John Herschel.

References

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 319” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.