Astronomy:NGC 2328

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Short description: Low luminosity lenticular galaxy in the constellation Puppis
NGC 2328
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HST image of NGC 2328
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPuppis
Right ascension 07h 02m 36.193s[1]
Declination−42° 04′ 06.88″[1]
Redshift0.003930[2]
Helio radial velocity1176.0 km/s[2]
Distance59 Mly (18 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)12.55[4]
Apparent magnitude (B)13.16[4]
Absolute magnitude (V)−18.5[3]
Characteristics
Type(R')SAB0?[5]
Other designations
MCG-07-15-002, PGC 20046[2]

NGC 2328 is a low-luminosity,[3] early-type (lenticular) galaxy. It is located in the Puppis constellation. NGC 2328 is its New General Catalogue designation. It is located about 59 million light-years (18 Megaparsecs) away from the Sun.[3]

NGC 2328 was imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope, revealing a ring of star clusters near the center of the galaxy. These star clusters are massive, and are consequently quite young as well.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode2006AJ....131.1163S. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "NGC 2328". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+2328. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Väisänen, Petri; Barway, Sudhanshu; Randriamanakoto, Zara (2014). "Star Clusters in a Nuclear Star Forming Ring: The Disappearing String of Pearls". The Astrophysical Journal 797 (2): L16. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/797/2/L16. Bibcode2014ApJ...797L..16V. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Search specification: NGC 2328". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%202328. 
  5. "Results for object NGC 2328 (NGC 2328)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%202328&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1.