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NGC 398
NGC 398
	SDSS image of NGC 398
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pisces
Right ascension	01h 08m 53.7s
Declination	+32° 30′ 52″
Redshift	0.016605
Heliocentric radial velocity	4,978 km/s
Apparent magnitude (V)	15.4
Characteristics
Type	S0
Apparent size (V)	0.3' × 0.2'
Other designations
	CGCG 501-100, MCG +05-03-065, 2MASX J01085369+3230516, 2MASXi J0108536+323052, PGC 4090.

NGC 398 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on October 28, 1886, by Guillaume Bigourdan. It was described by Dreyer as "very faint, very small, stellar."^[3]

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0398. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
^ "NGC 398". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 350 - 399". Cseligman. Retrieved February 5, 2017.