NGC 359

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NGC 359
NGC359 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS view of NGC 359
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Cetus
Right ascension 01h 04m 16.9s [1]
Declination −00° 45 54 [1]
Redshift 0.017803 [1]
Helio radial velocity 5,337 km/s [1]
Distance 238 Mly [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)14.3g [1]
Characteristics
Type E0 [3]
Apparent size  (V)1.10' × 0.78' [1]
Other designations
UGC 00662, CGCG 384-066, MCG +00-03-066, 2MASX J01041697-0045532, 2MASXi J0104169-004555, PGC 3817. [1]

NGC 359 is an elliptical galaxy located approximately 238 million light-years from the Solar System [2] in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on September 2, 1864, by Albert Marth. It was described by Dreyer as "extremely faint, very small." [4]

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This elliptical galaxy has an extremely long tidal tail and shell structure, seen across several deep-sky surveys, indicating a likely-recent and possibly ongoing interaction with nearby galactic neighbor NGC 364.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0359. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  2. 1 2 An object's distance from Earth can be determined using Hubble's law: v=Ho is Hubble's constant (70±5 (km/s)/Mpc). The relative uncertainty Δd/d divided by the distance is equal to the sum of the relative uncertainties of the velocity and v=Ho
  3. "NGC 359". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  4. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 350 - 399". Cseligman. Retrieved November 19, 2016.