NGC 309

NGC 309 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered in 1876 by Wilhelm Tempel.^[2]

NGC 309
SDSS image of NGC 309
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	00h 56m 42.6s[1]
Declination	−09° 54′ 50″[1]
Redshift	0.018886[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	5,662 km/s[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.4g[1]
Characteristics
Type	SAB(r)c[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.94' × 1.34'[1]
Other designations
MCG -02-03-050, 2MASX J00564266-0954500, IRAS 00542-1010, F00541-1011, 6dF J0056427-095450, PGC 3377.[1]