Key facts
- Constellation
- Phoenix
- Right ascension
- 00 56 15.9
- Declination
- −52 ° 46 ′ 58 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 7,978 km/s
- Type
- E2
- Apparent size v
- 1.4' × 1.1'
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 312 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Phoenix. It was discovered on September 5, 1836, by John Herschel. NGC 312 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Given its B magnitude of 13.4, NGC 312 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 10 inches (250mm) or more.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q1036093” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.