NGC 343

NGC 343
NGC 343
	NGC 343 with DECam. The galaxy on the left could be NGC 344. But NGC 344 was also identified as LEDA 3674 in SIMBAD
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	00h 58m 23.9s
Declination	−23° 13′ 31″
Redshift	0.055288
Heliocentric radial velocity	16,575 km/s
Apparent magnitude (V)	16.29
Characteristics
Type	Sc
Apparent size (V)	0.72' × 0.26'
Other designations
	PGC 133741.

NGC 343 are a pair of interacting galaxies in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered in 1886 by Frank Muller. It was described by Dreyer as "extremely faint, very small, irregularly round, suddenly brighter middle and nucleus (perhaps a star?)."^[3]

References

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0343. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
^ "VizieR results for NGC 343". Retrieved January 2, 2017.
^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 300 - 349". Cseligman. Retrieved November 6, 2016.

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[ned-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0343. Retrieved September 2, 2016.

[2] "VizieR results for NGC 343". Retrieved January 2, 2017.

[3] "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 300 - 349". Cseligman. Retrieved November 6, 2016.

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