| NGC 359 | |
|---|---|
 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] |
| Heliocentric 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.
