NGC 308
Sign in to savestar in the constellation Cetus
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- *
- Distance
- 7,587 light-years
- Coordinates
- RA 14.1430° · Dec -1.7843°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 56 34.33
- Declination
- −01 ° 47 ′ 03.6 ″
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Wikidata facts
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- right ascension
- 14.14302613719790
- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 2535585418377515008
- time of discovery or invention
- 1866-12-31
- declination
- -1.78432546229230
- parallax
- 0.4388
- apparent magnitude
- 13.96
- epoch
- J2000.0
- right ascension component of proper motion
- -5.284
- declination component of proper motion
- -15.102
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- NGC 308
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 308 is a star located in the constellation Cetus. It is only 55" away from NGC 307. It was recorded on December 31, 1866, by Robert Ball.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 308” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.