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NGC 308

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NGC 308

NGC 308 is the brightest star below (south of) the lenticular galaxy NGC 307
Credit: SDSS
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox ICRS
Constellation Cetus[1]
Right ascension 00h 56m 34.33s[2]
Declination −01° 47 03.6[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 15.7[3]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: −5.284[2] mas/yr
Dec.: −15.102[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)0.4388±0.0530 mas[2]
Distanceapprox. 7,400 ly
(approx. 2,300 pc)
Details
Radius1.56[2] R
Luminosity2.472[2] L
Temperature5,789[2] K
Other designations
PGC 3354[4]
Database references
SIMBADdata

NGC 308 is a star located in the constellation Cetus. It is only 55" away from NGC 307. It was recorded on December 31, 1866, by Robert Ball.[5]

References

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  1. Roman, Nancy G. (1987). "Identification of a constellation from a position". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 99 (617): 695. Bibcode:1987PASP...99..695R. doi:10.1086/132034. Constellation record for this object at VizieR.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  3. Zacharias, N.; Finch, C. T.; Girard, T. M.; Henden, A.; Bartlett, J. L.; Monet, D. G.; Zacharias, M. I. (2012). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: UCAC4 Catalogue (Zacharias+, 2012)". Vizier Online Data Catalog. Bibcode:2012yCat.1322....0Z.
  4. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0308. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  5. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 300 - 349". Cseligman. Retrieved October 20, 2016.