NGC 333

NGC 333 is a lenticular galaxy located approximately 755 million light years away^[5] in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered in 1877 by Wilhelm Tempel. It is recorded as NGC 333 in the New General Catalogue. It has a companion galaxy, named PGC 3073571, which is presumed to be a physical pair with NGC 333.^[5]

NGC 333
DECam image of NGC 333
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	00h 58m 51.2s[1]
Declination	−16° 28′ 13″[1]
Redshift	0.055671[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	16226 km/s[2]
Distance	638.9 Mly (195.88 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	14.90[4]
Characteristics
Type	S0[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.6' × 1.0'[1]
Other designations
PGC 3519[2]

NGC 333's location is 00 58 51.2987945616 (R.A.) and -16 28 08.952040380 (Dec.). Its radial velocity is 16226 km/s.

References

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0333. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
2. "NGC 333". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
3. Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 21. arXiv:1605.01765. Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. S2CID 250737862. 50.
4. "Search specification: NGC 333". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
5. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 300 - 349". Cseligman. Retrieved November 1, 2016.