NGC 398

Short description: Lenticular galaxy in the constellation Pisces

NGC 398

SDSS image of NGC 398

Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation| Pisces
Right ascension|  01h 08m 53.7s[1]
Declination| +32° 30′ 52″[1]
Redshift| 0.016605[1]
Helio radial velocity| 4,978 km/s[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)| 15.4[1]
Characteristics
Type| S0[2]
Apparent size (V)| 0.3' × 0.2'[1]
Other designations
CGCG 501-100, MCG +05-03-065, 2MASX J01085369+3230516, 2MASXi J0108536+323052, PGC 4090.[1]

NGC 398 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on October 28, 1886, by Guillaume Bigourdan. It was described by Dreyer as "very faint, very small, stellar."[3]

NGC 398 (SDSS)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0398. http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+398&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES.
2. ↑ "NGC 398". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+398.
3. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 350 - 399". Cseligman. http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc3a.htm#398.

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