NGC 308
Appearance
Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
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Constellation | Cetus |
Right ascension | 00h 56m 34.33s[1] |
Declination | −01° 47′ 03.6″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 15.7 |
Astrometry | |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −5.284[1] mas/yr Dec.: −15.102[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 0.4388 ± 0.0530 mas[1] |
Distance | approx. 7,400 ly (approx. 2,300 pc) |
Details | |
Radius | 1.56[1] R☉ |
Luminosity | 2.472[1] L☉ |
Temperature | 5,789[1] K |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
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.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h 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.
- ^ "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0308. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
- ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 300 - 349". Cseligman. Retrieved October 20, 2016.