NGC 352 explained

NGC 352
Epoch:	J2000
Constellation Name:	Cetus
Ra:	^[1]
Z:	0.017625^[2]
H Radial V:	5284 km/s
Type:	(R')SB(rs)b?
Size:	^[3]
Appmag V:	12.02
Appmag B:	12.5^[4]
Absmag V:	-22.00
Size V:	2.4 × 0.9
Names:	MGC-01-03-071, PGC 3701

NGC 352 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on September 20, 1784 by William Herschel. It was described as "pretty faint, small, irregularly extended" by John Louis Emil Dreyer, the compiler of the New General Catalogue; he also noted an "8th magnitude star 97 seconds of time to east" relative to the galaxy.^[5]

One supernova has been observed in NGC 352: SN 2022jzx (Type II, mag. 16.9).^[6]

Notes and References

1. 10.1086/498708 . Skrutskie . Michael F. . Cutri . Roc M. . Stiening . Rae . Weinberg . Martin D. . Schneider . Stephen E. . Carpenter . John M. . Beichman . Charles A. . Capps . Richard W. . Chester . Thomas . Elias . Jonathan H. . Huchra . John P. . Liebert . James W. . Lonsdale . Carol J. . Monet . David G. . Price . Stephan . Seitzer . Patrick . Jarrett . Thomas H. . Kirkpatrick . J. Davy . Gizis . John E. . Howard . Elizabeth V. . Evans . Tracey E. . Fowler . John W. . Fullmer . Linda . Hurt . Robert L. . Light . Robert M. . Kopan . Eugene L. . Marsh . Kenneth A. . McCallon . Howard L. . Tam . Robert . Van Dyk . Schuyler D. . Wheelock . Sherry L. . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) . The Astronomical Journal . 1 February 2006 . 131 . 2 . 1163–1183 . 2006AJ....131.1163S . 18913331 . 0004-6256 . free .
2. Web site: NED results for object NGC 0352. National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. 26 June 2017.
3. RC3 D₀ (blue) values used.
4. NGC 352. 26 June 2017.
5. Web site: New General Catalog Objects: NGC 350 - 399. cseligman.com. 26 June 2017.
6. https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2022jzx Transient Name Server entry for SN 2022jzx.