View source for Astronomy:NGC 342

{{Short description|Lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus}}
{{Infobox galaxy
| name = [[Astronomy:New General Catalogue|NGC]] 342
| image = NGC342 - SDSS DR14.jpg
| caption = [[Astronomy:Sloan Digital Sky Survey|SDSS]] image of NGC 342
| epoch = [[Astronomy:J2000|J2000]]
| ra = {{RA|01|00|49.8}}<ref name="ned">{{cite web
  | title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
  | work=Results for NGC 0342
  | url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+342&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
  | access-date=September 2, 2016}}</ref>
| dec = {{DEC|-06|46|21}}<ref name="ned" />
| constellation name = [[Astronomy:Cetus|Cetus]]
| z = 0.019403<ref name="ned" />
| h_radial_v = 5,817 km/s<ref name="ned" />
| type = S0
| appmag_v = 15.41<ref name="ned" />
| size_v = 0.6' × 0.3'<ref name="ned" />
| notes =
| names = [[Astronomy:Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies|MCG]] -01-03-058, [[Astronomy:2MASS|2MASX]] J01004985-0646207, 2MASXi J0100498-064620, [[Astronomy:6dF Galaxy Survey|6dF]] J0100499-064621, [[Astronomy:Principal Galaxies Catalogue|PGC]] 3631.<ref name="ned" />
}}

'''NGC 342''' is a [[Astronomy:Lenticular galaxy|lenticular galaxy]] in the constellation [[Astronomy:Cetus|Cetus]]. It was discovered on September 27, 1864 by [[Biography:Albert Marth|Albert Marth]]. It was described by [[Biography:John Louis Emil Dreyer|Dreyer]] as "very faint, very small."<ref>{{cite web|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 300 - 349|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc3.htm#342|publisher=Cseligman|access-date=November 6, 2016}}</ref>

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[[Category:NGC objects|0342]]
[[Category:Lenticular galaxies]]
[[Category:Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects|003631]]



{{Sourceattribution|NGC 342}}