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Vinony's link graph records 891 inbound references to NGC 311, and connects out to list of stars in Pisces, list of NGC objects (1–1000) and epoch.
It is catalogued under topics including Astronomical objects discovered in 1828, Discoveries by John Herschel and Lenticular galaxies.
Vinony links it to 36 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Right ascension
- 00 57 32.7291
- Declination
- +30 ° 16 ′ 50.707 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 4943 ± 14 km/s
- Distance
- 223.0 ± 15.7 Mly (68.37 ± 4.80 Mpc )
- Type
- S0
- Size
- ~128,000 ly (39.24 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 1.5' × 0.8'
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Wikidata facts
- Distance from Earth
- 68.34
- Image
- NGC311 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 311697703795560320
- galaxy morphological type
- S0
- time of discovery or invention
- 1828-09-15
- apparent magnitude
- 9.735
- redshift
- 0.016885
- Commons category
- NGC 311
- right ascension
- 14.38635453728300
- declination
- 30.28073384500760
- radial velocity
- 5017
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 311 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Pisces. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 4636 ± 25 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 223.0 ± 15.7 Mly (68.37 ± 4.80 Mpc). However, one non-redshift measurement gives a distance of 270 Mly (82 Mpc). It was discovered on September 18, 1828, by British astronomer John Herschel.
According to A.M. Garcia, NGC 311 is a member of the NGC 315 Group (also known as LGG 14). This group contains 42 galaxies, including NGC 226, NGC 243, NGC 262, NGC 266, NGC 315, NGC 338, IC 43, IC 66, AND IC 69, among others.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 311” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.