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galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Cetus
Right ascension
01 04 40.8
Declination
−00 ° 48 ′ 10 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
5,127 km/s
Apparent magnitude v
13.8g
Type
SB0
Apparent size v
1.31' × 0.93'

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Distance from Earth
112.63
Image
NGC 0364 DSS.jpg
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redshift
0.01708
catalog code
LEDA 3833
time of discovery or invention
1864-09-02
galaxy morphological type
-2
apparent magnitude
12.171
Commons category
NGC 364
right ascension
16.1703125
declination
-0.8026611
radial velocity
5074
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NGC 364 is a barred lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on September 2, 1864, by Albert Marth. It was described by Dreyer as "very faint, very small."

The galaxy is both visually and physically close to the elliptical galaxy NGC 359. A recent gravitational interaction between the two galaxies has created a large, faint tidal tail extending away from NGC 359 towards and below NGC 364. A small tidal star shell intersects this tail, strengthening the likelihood for a recent disturbance.

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