NGC 308

NGC 308

NGC 308 is the brightest star below (south of) the lenticular galaxy NGC 307
Credit: SDSS
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Cetus
Right ascension 00h 56m 34.33s[1]
Declination −01° 47′ 03.6″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 15.7
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: −5.284[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −15.102[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)0.4388 ± 0.0530 mas[1]
Distanceapprox. 7,400 ly
(approx. 2,300 pc)
Details
Radius1.56[1] R☉
Luminosity2.472[1] L☉
Temperature5,789[1] K
Other designations
PGC 3354[2]
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.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. ^ "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0308. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  3. ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 300 - 349". Cseligman. Retrieved October 20, 2016.