Right ascension 00 47 06.8 Redshift 0.023813 Apparent size (V) 0.8' × 0.5' Constellation Cetus | Declination −02° 43′ 52″ Helio radial velocity 7,139 km/s Magnitude 15.19 Apparent magnitude (V) 15.19 | |
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NGC 331 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered in 1886 by Francis Leavenworth. It was described by Dreyer as "extremely faint, very small, round, a little brighter middle, 12th magnitude star 3 arcmin northeast." There are two candidates as to which object is NGC 331: PGC 2759 or PGC 3406, with the former being a much more likely candidate than the latter.
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