NGC 359
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| NGC 359 | |
|---|---|
| NGC 359 SDSS view of NGC 359 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 01h 04m 16.9s[1] |
| Declination | −00° 45′ 54″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.017803[1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 5,337 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 238 Mly[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.3g[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E0[3] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.10' × 0.78'[1] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 00662, CGCG 384-066, MCG +00-03-066, 2MASX J01041697-0045532, 2MASXi J0104169-004555, PGC 3817.[1] | |
NGC 359 is an elliptical galaxy located approximately 238 million light-years from the Solar System[2] in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on September 2, 1864, by Albert Marth. It was described by Dreyer as "extremely faint, very small."[4]
This elliptical galaxy has an extremely long tidal tail and shell structure, seen across several deep-sky surveys, indicating a likely-recent and possibly ongoing interaction with nearby galactic neighbor NGC 364.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
- NGC 359 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
- SEDS
