Q919941

galaxy

Key facts

Constellation: Cetus
Right ascension: 01 02 09.206
Declination: −04 ° 14 ′ 43.61 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity: 5284 km/s
Distance: 208.09 ± 21.18 Mly (63.800 ± 6.495 Mpc )
Absolute magnitude v: − 22.00
Type: (R')SB(rs)b?
Size: 152,000 ly (46,610 pc )
Apparent size v: 2.4 ′ × 0.9 ′

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Wikidata facts

Image: NGC352 - SDSS DR14.jpg

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Article

NGC 352 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on September 20, 1784 by William Herschel. It was described as "pretty faint, small, irregularly extended" by John Louis Emil Dreyer, the compiler of the New General Catalogue; he also noted an "8th magnitude star 97 seconds of time to east" relative to the galaxy.

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