NGC 308

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NGC 308
NGC307 - SDSS DR14.jpg
NGC 308 is the brightest star below (south of) the lenticular galaxy NGC 307
Credit: SDSS
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0       Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Cetus
Right ascension 00h 56m 34.33s [1]
Declination −01° 47 03.6 [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)15.7
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ)RA: −5.284 [1]   mas/yr
Dec.: −15.102 [1]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)0.4388 ± 0.0530  mas [1]
Distance approx. 7,400  ly
(approx. 2,300  pc)
Details
Radius 1.56 [1]   R
Luminosity 2.472 [1]   L
Temperature 5,789 [1]   K
Other designations
PGC 3354 [2]
Database references
SIMBAD data

NGC 308 is a star located in the constellation Cetus. It is only 55" away from NGC 307. It was recorded on December 31, 1866, by Robert Ball. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics . 616. A1. arXiv: 1804.09365 . Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G . doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201833051 . Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0308. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  3. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 300 - 349". Cseligman. Retrieved October 20, 2016.