NGC 343

NGC 343 are a pair of interacting galaxies in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered in 1886 by Frank Muller. It was described by Dreyer as "extremely faint, very small, irregularly round, suddenly brighter middle and nucleus (perhaps a star?)."[3]

NGC 343
NGC 343 with DECam. The galaxy on the left could be NGC 344. But NGC 344 was also identified as LEDA 3674 in SIMBAD
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCetus
Right ascension00h 58m 23.9s[1]
Declination−23° 13′ 31″[1]
Redshift0.055288[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity16,575 km/s[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)16.29[1]
Characteristics
TypeSc[2]
Apparent size (V)0.72' × 0.26'[1]
Other designations
PGC 133741.[1]

References
  1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0343. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  2. "VizieR results for NGC 343". Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  3. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 300 - 349". Cseligman. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
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