Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.019133
- Coordinates
- RA 15.4615° · Dec -6.7997°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 01 01 50.7
- Declination
- −06 ° 47 ′ 59 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 5,986 km/s
- Type
- S0
- Apparent size v
- 1.3' × 0.9'
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Distance from Earth
- 77.29
- Image
- NGC 0349 SDSS.jpg
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- Commons category
- NGC 349
- catalog code
- LEDA 3687
- galaxy morphological type
- E-S0
- discoverer or inventor
- Albert Marth
- time of discovery or invention
- 1864-09-27
- redshift
- 0.019243
- apparent magnitude
- 9.290
- right ascension
- 15.4614208
- declination
- -6.7998472
- radial velocity
- 5681
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 349 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on September 27, 1864, by Albert Marth. It was described by John Louis Emil Dreyer as "very faint, very small".
NGC 349 (2MASS)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 349” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.