Astronomy:NGC 308

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Short description: Star in the constellation Cetus

NGC 308
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NGC 308 is the brightest star below (south of) the lenticular galaxy NGC 307
Credit: SDSS
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (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[2] mas
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

  1. Roman, Nancy G. (1987). "Identification of a constellation from a position". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 99 (617): 695. doi:10.1086/132034. Bibcode1987PASP...99..695R  Constellation record for this object at VizieR.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode2018A&A...616A...1G.  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. Bibcode2012yCat.1322....0Z. 
  4. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0308. http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+308&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES. 
  5. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 300 - 349". Cseligman. http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc3.htm#308.