Spiral galaxy · Sculptor

NGC 300

Also known as: C70

mag 8.719′ across

About

NGC 300 is a spiral galaxy of magnitude 8.7 in Sculptor, about 19′ across.

NGC 300 is in the constellation Sculptor.
Best evenings: around mid-November it is highest at about 9 pm (10 pm in summer time); a month earlier, two hours later.
Where on Earth: it is seen well, at least 10° up, from south of 42° N.

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EyesNot visible to the naked eye.
Binoculars (10×50)A faint smudge, only from a dark site.
Telescope (6–8 inch)A bright core in a fainter halo. The spiral arms are hard to see without a camera, even from a dark site.

For a dark country sky with no Moon. From a city, faint galaxies and nebulae can disappear completely.

Designations	NGC 300, C70, PGC 3238
Type	Spiral galaxy (Scd)
Magnitude	8.7The smaller the number, the brighter.
Apparent size	19′ × 13′position angle 114°; the full Moon is 31′ across
Surface brightness	23.6 mag/arcsec²Average over its disc, in the blue band: the lower the number, the easier it is to see.
Constellation	Sculptor
Right ascension (J2000)	00h 54m 53.5s
Declination (J2000)	−37° 41′ 04″

Catalog data: OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0, and d3-celestial by Olaf Frohn, BSD 3-Clause. All data sources →