Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.01480691018584597
- Morphology
- E
- Coordinates
- RA 16.8233° · Dec 32.4829°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Right ascension
- 01 07 17.6
- Declination
- +32 ° 28 ′ 59 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 4,426 km/s
- Type
- E2
- Apparent size v
- 1.4' × 1.2'
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- elliptical galaxy
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Distance from Earth
- 59.69
- Image
- NGC 0380 SDSS.jpg
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- radial velocity
- 4341
- catalog code
- LEDA 3969
- galaxy morphological type
- E
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1784-09-12
- apparent magnitude
- 9.262
- redshift
- 0.014894
- Commons category
- NGC 380
- epoch
- J2000.0
- right ascension
- 16.8232458
- declination
- 32.4828139
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 380 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on September 12, 1784 by William Herschel. It was described by Dreyer as "pretty faint, small, round, suddenly brighter middle." Along with galaxies NGC 375, NGC 379, NGC 382, NGC 383, NGC 384, NGC 385, NGC 386, NGC 387 and NGC 388, NGC 380 forms a galaxy cluster called Arp 331.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 380” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.