NGC 397

Lenticular galaxy in the constellation Pisces From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

NGC 397 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on December 6, 1866, by Robert Ball. It was described by Dreyer as "extremely faint, small, round, very faint star to west."[3]

Quick facts Observation data (J2000 epoch), Constellation ...
NGC 397
SDSS image of NGC 397 (NGC 392 can be seen in upper right)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPisces
Right ascension01h 08m 31.1s[1]
Declination+33° 06 33[1]
Redshift0.016661[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity4,995 km/s[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)15.7[1]
Characteristics
TypeS0[2]
Apparent size (V)0.2' × 0.2'[1]
Other designations
CGCG 501-096, MCG +05-03-064, 2MASX J01083108+3306329, 2MASXi J0108310+330633, PGC 4051.[1]
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