NGC 2328 is a low-luminosity,[3] early-type (lenticular) galaxy. It is located in the Puppis constellation. NGC 2328 is its New General Catalogue designation. It is located about 59 million light-years (18 Megaparsecs) away from the Sun.[3]

NGC 2328
HST image of NGC 2328
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPuppis
Right ascension07h 02m 36.193s[1]
Declination−42° 04′ 06.88″[1]
Redshift0.003930[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity1176.0 km/s[2]
Distance59 Mly (18 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)12.55[4]
Apparent magnitude (B)13.16[4]
Absolute magnitude (V)−18.5[3]
Characteristics
Type(R')SAB0?[5]
Other designations
MCG -07-15-002, PGC 20046[2]

NGC 2328 was imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope, revealing a ring of star clusters near the center of the galaxy. These star clusters are massive, and are consequently quite young as well.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
  2. ^ a b c "NGC 2328". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  3. ^ a b c d e Väisänen, Petri; Barway, Sudhanshu; Randriamanakoto, Zara (2014). "Star Clusters in a Nuclear Star Forming Ring: The Disappearing String of Pearls". The Astrophysical Journal. 797 (2): L16. arXiv:1411.3385. Bibcode:2014ApJ...797L..16V. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/797/2/L16. S2CID 118491641.
  4. ^ a b "Search specification: NGC 2328". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  5. ^ "Results for object NGC 2328 (NGC 2328)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-02.