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.[4]
| NGC 352 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 352 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 01h 02m 09.206s[1] |
| Declination | −04° 14′ 43.61″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.017625[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 5284 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 208.09 ± 21.18 Mly (63.800 ± 6.495 Mpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.02[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 12.5[3] |
| Absolute magnitude (V) | −22.00[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | (R')SB(rs)b?[2] |
| Size | 152,000 ly (46,610 pc)[2][note 1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 2.4′ × 0.9′[2] |
| Other designations | |
| MGC-01-03-071, PGC 3701 | |
One supernova has been observed in NGC 352: SN 2022jzx (Type II, mag. 16.9).[5]
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External links
Media related to NGC 352 at Wikimedia Commons
