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Vinony's link graph records 952 inbound references to NGC 307, and connects out to list of NGC objects (1–1000), epoch and NGC 241.

It sits within the topics Astronomical objects discovered in 1831, Cetus and Lenticular galaxies.

Vinony links it to 33 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Constellation
Cetus
Right ascension
00 56 32.6
Declination
−01 ° 46 ′ 19 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
4,010 km/s
Type
S0
Apparent size v
1.6' × 0.7'

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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Cetus
Distance from Earth
44.50
Image
NGC 0307 SDSS.jpg
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catalog code
Gaia DR2 2535585482805238144
discoverer or inventor
John Frederick William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1831-09-06
galaxy morphological type
E/S0
apparent magnitude
11.920
Commons category
NGC 307
redshift
0.013336
right ascension
14.13567075777630
declination
-1.77199137005600
radial velocity
3971
epoch
J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 307 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on September 6, 1831 by John Herschel.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 307” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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