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NGC312
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 0:56:15.7
Declination: -52:46:59
Constellation: PHE
Visual Magnitude: 12.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: F, S, R, * 12 f
Sub-type: E2
Steve's Notes
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NGC 312
30" (10/13/15 - OzSky): at 394x; bright, fairly small, high surface brightness, 40"x30", sharply concentration with an intense core. The halo is extended 4:3 or 5:4 WSW-ESE. A mag 11.3 star lies 2.4' W. NGC 312 is the furthest north in a group of 8 galaxies in a 25' string to the south. The galaxies share a common redshift of z = .026, implying a distance of ~350 million l.y. The closest companion is ESO 161-005 3' SSW, which appeared fairly faint to moderately bright, elongated at least 2:1 N-S, sharply concentrated with a small bright core and faint extensions ~40"x20". NGC 328 lies 10.6' SE and NGC 323 is 12' SSW.