Elliptical galaxy · Pisces
NGC 375 Pisces Cloud
mag 14.330″ across
About
NGC 375, the Pisces Cloud, is an elliptical galaxy of magnitude 14.3 in Pisces, about 30″ across.
How to find it
- NGC 375 is in the constellation Pisces.
- Best evenings: around late 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 north of 48° S.
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What you will see
- EyesNot visible to the naked eye.
- Binoculars (10×50)Too faint for binoculars.
- Telescope (6–8 inch)Very hard or out of reach: it needs a dark sky and a larger telescope, or a camera.
For a dark country sky with no Moon. From a city, faint galaxies and nebulae can disappear completely.
Facts
| Designations | NGC 375, PGC 3953 |
|---|---|
| Type | Elliptical galaxy (E) |
| Magnitude | 14.3The smaller the number, the brighter. |
| Apparent size | 30″ × 24″position angle 100°; the full Moon is 31′ across |
| Surface brightness | 22.6 mag/arcsec²Average over its disc, in the blue band: the lower the number, the easier it is to see. |
| Constellation | Pisces |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 01h 07m 05.9s |
| Declination (J2000) | +32° 20′ 54″ |
Sources and credits
Catalog data: OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0, and d3-celestial by Olaf Frohn, BSD 3-Clause. All data sources →