Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.01659
- Morphology
- E
- Coordinates
- RA 16.8635° · Dec 32.3199°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Right ascension
- 01 07 27.2
- Declination
- +32 ° 19 ′ 10 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 4,975 km/s
- Type
- SA0 :
- Apparent size v
- 1.1' × 1.0'
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Distance from Earth
- 67.17
- Image
- NGC 0385 SDSS.jpg
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- redshift
- 0.01659
- catalog code
- SDSS J010727.22+321911.5
- radial velocity
- 4932
- galaxy morphological type
- E
- discoverer or inventor
- William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse
- time of discovery or invention
- 1850-11-04
- apparent magnitude
- 12.084
- Commons category
- NGC 385
- right ascension
- 16.8634440
- declination
- 32.3198640
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 385 is an unbarred lenticular 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, round, northeastern of 2.", the other being NGC 384. Along with galaxies NGC 375, NGC 379, NGC 382, NGC 383, NGC 384, NGC 386, NGC 387 and NGC 388, NGC 385 forms a galaxy cluster called Arp 331.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 385” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.