NGC 324

NGC 324
NGC 324
	NGC 324 with DECam. The galaxy at the upper right is LEDA 199970.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Phoenix
Right ascension	00h 57m 14.8s[1]
Declination	−40° 57′ 33″[1]
Redshift	0.011515[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	3,452 km/s[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.99[1]
Characteristics
Type	S0[2]
Apparent size (V)	1.20' × 0.48'[1]
Other designations
	ESO 295- G 025, MCG -07-03-002, 2MASX J00571478-4057329, ESO-LV 2950250, 6dF J0057148-405733, PGC 3416.[1]

NGC 324 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Phoenix. It was discovered on October 23, 1835 by John Herschel. It was described by Dreyer as "questionable, faint, small, stellar".[3]

References

"NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0324. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
"NGC 324". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
"New General Catalog Objects: NGC 300 - 349". Cseligman. Retrieved October 29, 2016.

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[ned-1] "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0324. Retrieved September 2, 2016.

[2] "NGC 324". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved January 1, 2016.

[3] "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 300 - 349". Cseligman. Retrieved October 29, 2016.