Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

NGC 312

Elliptical galaxy in the constellation Phoenix From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

NGC 312
Remove ads

NGC 312 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Phoenix. It was discovered on September 5, 1836, by John Herschel.[2] NGC 312 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Given its B magnitude of 13.4, NGC 312 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 10 inches (250mm) or more.

Quick facts Observation data (J2000 epoch), Constellation ...
Remove ads

References

Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads