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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 320 is referenced by 952 other articles, and connects out to list of NGC objects (1–1000), epoch and NGC 241.

It is catalogued under topics including Astronomical objects discovered in 1886, Cetus and NGC objects.

Its subject is documented across 35 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Constellation
Cetus
Right ascension
00 58 46.5307
Declination
−20 ° 50 ′ 24.134 ″
Redshift
0.018 379 ± 0.000 100
Heliocentric radial velocity
5,510 ± 30 km/s
Distance
251.0 ± 17.7 Mly (76.97 ± 5.43 Mpc )
Type
SB0/a
Size
~111,200 ly (34.08 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
0.9′ × 0.5′

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Wikidata facts

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NGC 320 DECam.png
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catalog code
Gaia DR2 2355556229167894400
galaxy morphological type
Sa
time of discovery or invention
1886-00-00
redshift
0.018379
apparent magnitude
10.916
right ascension
14.69385907962500
declination
-20.84004895348730
radial velocity
5459
Commons category
NGC 320

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 320 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 5,218±36 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 251.0 ± 17.7 Mly (76.97 ± 5.43 Mpc). It was discovered by American astronomer Francis Leavenworth in 1886.

NGC 7154 is a Seyfert I galaxy, i.e. it has a quasar-like nucleus with very high surface brightnesses whose spectra reveal strong, high-ionisation emission lines, but unlike quasars, the host galaxy is clearly detectable.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 320” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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