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Key facts

Constellation
Pisces
Right ascension
01 07 25.1
Declination
+32 ° 17 ′ 33 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
4,233 km/s
Type
E3
Apparent size v
1.1' × 0.9'

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Distance from Earth
57.99
Image
NGC 0384 SDSS.jpg
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catalog code
SDSS J010725.01+321733.9
radial velocity
4203
galaxy morphological type
S0
time of discovery or invention
1850-11-04
apparent magnitude
12.231
Commons category
NGC 384
redshift
0.01412
right ascension
16.8542390
declination
32.2927530
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NGC 384 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on November 4, 1850, by Bindon Stoney. It was described by Dreyer as "pretty faint, pretty small, southwestern of 2.", the other being NGC 385. Along with galaxies NGC 375, NGC 379, NGC 382, NGC 383, NGC 385, NGC 386, NGC 387 and NGC 388, NGC 384 forms a galaxy cluster called Arp 331.

Region around the nucleus of NGC 384 shows circular dust lanes. Image by Hubble WFC3.

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