NGC 300
Caldwell 70
NGC 300 is a late spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Sculptor. The NGC is a catalog of 7,840 nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies. Here are the key stats on NGC 300:
NGC: | NGC 300 |
Common name: | Caldwell 70 |
Type: | galaxy |
Galaxy type: | late spiral |
Galaxy morph class: | Scd |
Constellation: | Sculptor |
Surface brightness: | 23.5 mag/arcsec2 |
V-mag (visual): | 8.66 |
B-mag (blue): | 8.77 |
J-mag (IR): | 7.04 |
H-mag (IR): | |
K-mag (IR): | 6.57 |
Right Ascension: | 00:54:53.48 |
Declination: | -37:41:03.80 |
Major axis: | 19.41 ' |
Minor axis: | 13.06 ' |
Angle (major axis): | 114° |
Radial velocity: | 146 km/s |
Redshift: | 0.000487 |
Right Ascension (RA) units = HH:MM:SS.SS
Declination (Dec) units = DD:MM:SS.SS