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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 397 is referenced by 891 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 1866, Lenticular galaxies and NGC objects.

Its subject is documented across 34 Wikipedia language editions.

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
GiG
Distance
10,890 light-years
Redshift
z = 0.016511
Morphology
S0
Coordinates
RA 17.1297° · Dec 33.1092°
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Key facts

Constellation
Pisces
Right ascension
01 08 31.1
Declination
+33 ° 06 ′ 33 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
4,995 km/s
Type
S0
Apparent size v
0.2' × 0.2'

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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Pisces
Distance from Earth
62.81
Image
NGC 0397 SDSS.jpg
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catalog code
Gaia DR2 314700332612298496
redshift
0.016511
galaxy morphological type
S0
discoverer or inventor
Robert Stawell Ball
time of discovery or invention
1866-12-06
apparent magnitude
13.546
Commons category
NGC 397
right ascension
17.12967124390130
declination
33.10917986037970
radial velocity
4909
epoch
J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 397 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on December 6, 1866, by Robert Ball. It was described by Dreyer as "extremely faint, small, round, very faint star to west."

References

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 397” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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