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EntityQ1036153· pop 36· linked from 892 articles

galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Pisces
Right ascension
00 58 22.7
Declination
+26 ° 51 ′ 55 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
14,210 km/s
Type
E
Apparent size v
1.4' × 1.4'

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 326 is a dumbbell galaxy in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on August 24, 1865 by Heinrich d'Arrest. It was described by Dreyer as "faint, a little extended, 9th or 10th magnitude star to southeast."

Background

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q1036153” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.