NGC 396 | |
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![]() SDSS image or NGC 396 | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Pisces |
Right ascension | 01h 08m 08.4s[1] |
Declination | +04° 31′ 51″[1] |
Redshift | 0.042283[1] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 12676 km/s[1] |
Distance | 550 Mly (168 Mpc)[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 16.6[1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | S0[2] |
Size | ~186,800 ly (57.28 kpc) (estimated)[1] |
Apparent size (V) | 0.41' × 0.25'[1] |
Other designations | |
2MASX J01080838+0431509, PGC 99944, LEDA 99944.[1] |
NGC 396 is a lenticular galaxy[2] located about located about 550 million light-years away[3] from Earth, in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on October 27, 1864, by Albert Marth. It was described by Dreyer as "extremely faint, small, a little extended."[2] It is a large galaxy, with a diameter of around 185,000 light years, making it nearly twice the size of the Milky Way.[3]
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[edit]Media related to NGC 396 at Wikimedia Commons