NGC 379 explained

NGC 379
Epoch:J2000
Ra:[1]
Constellation Name:Pisces
Z:0.018606
H Radial V:5,578 km/s
Dist Ly:195.5 million ly (59.944 mpc)
Type:S0
Appmag V:12.8[2]
Size V:1.4 × 0.7
Names:UGC 683, MCG +05-03-050, 2MASX J01071567+3231131, 2MASXi J0107156+323113, PGC 3966

NGC 379 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on September 12, 1784 by William Herschel. It was described by Dreyer as "pretty faint, small, round, brighter middle".

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database . Results for NGC 0379 . December 30, 2016 . October 23, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171023175145/https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/ui/?q=objsearch&omegam=0.27&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&objname=NGC . dead .
  2. Web site: New General Catalog Objects 350 - 399 . Courtney Seligman . December 30, 2016.