NGC 305
NGC 305 is an asterism in the constellation Pisces, discovered on October 17, 1825 by the British astronomer John Herschel.
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| Object type | Asterism  |
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| Other designations | NGC 305, PGC 3313, UGC 571, IRAS F00533+1151, 2MASX J00555858+1207261, MCG+02-03-015, UZC J005558.5+120725, Z 0053.4+1150, Z 435-23, LEDA 3313, SDSS J005558.56+120725.9, [SLK2004] 124 |
| Constellation | Pisces |
| 00h 56m | |
| Declination | +12° 04′ |
| Redshift | 0.041078 ±5.7e-05, 0.04121 +0.0001 -0.0001 |
| Distance | 176.20 Mpc (574,700,000 ly) |
In visual light (V) | |
Apparent size | 6' |
| 11, 12.716 ±0.052, 15.4, 11.842 ±0.059, 11.631 ±0.071, 16.968 ±0.016, 15.555 ±0.003, 14.747 ±0.003, 14.288 ±0.002, 13.928 ±0.004 | |
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It is uncertain if the stars are related to one another, but the brightest member, TYC 608-677-2, is a G3V main-sequence star 1330 ± 400 light years away, with a proper motion of 13.8 ± 2.0 mas/yr, or 26.7 ± 4.0 km/s relative to the Sun.
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