NGC 357

NGC 357 is a barred lenticular or spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on September 10, 1785, by William Herschel. It was described by Dreyer as "faint, small, irregularly round, suddenly brighter middle, 14th magnitude star 20 arcsec to northeast."^[2]

NGC 357
NGC 357 by Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	01h 03m 21.9s[1]
Declination	−06° 20′ 21″[1]
Redshift	0.008026[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	2,406 km/s[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.14[1]
Characteristics
Type	SB0/a?(r)[1]
Apparent size (V)	2.4' × 1.7'[1]
Other designations
MCG -01-03-081, 2MASX J01032187-0620213, 2MASXi J0103218-062015, 6dF J0103218-062021, PGC 3768.[1]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)