| NGC 344 | |
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| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 00h 58m 24.0s[1] |
| Declination | −23° 13′ 30″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.055992[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 16,785 km/s[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 17.75[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S[3] |
| Apparent size (V) | 0.35' × 0.2'[2] |
| Other designations | |
| 2MASX J00582406-2313296, 2MASXi J0058240-231329, 2MASXi J0058254-231344, (probably)PGC 198261, PGC 803236.[1] | |
NGC 344 is abarred spiral galaxy in the constellationCetus. It was discovered in 1886 byFrank Muller. It was described byJohn Louis Emil Dreyer as "extremely faint, very small, irregularly round, suddenly brighter middle and nucleus (perhaps a star?)."[2]
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