NGC 379

Galaxy in the constellation Pisces

NGC 379
SDSS image of NGC 379 and the galaxies of Arp 331
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pisces
Right ascension	01^h 07^m 15.7^s^[1]
Declination	32° 31′ 13″^[1]
Redshift	0.018606^[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	5,578 km/s^[1]
Distance	195.5 million ly (59.944 mpc)^[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	12.8^[2]
Characteristics
Type	S0^[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.4 × 0.7^[2]
Other designations
UGC 683, MCG +05-03-050, 2MASX J01071567+3231131, 2MASXi J0107156+323113, PGC 3966^[1]

NGC 379 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on September 12, 1784 by William Herschel.^[2] It was described by Dreyer as "pretty faint, small, round, brighter middle".^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0379. Archived from the original on October 23, 2017. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "New General Catalog Objects 350 - 399". Courtney Seligman. Retrieved December 30, 2016.