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NGC 352

Barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus

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NGC 352 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on September 20, 1784 by William Herschel. It was described as "pretty faint, small, irregularly extended" by John Louis Emil Dreyer, the compiler of the New General Catalogue; he also noted an "8th magnitude star 97 seconds of time to east" relative to the galaxy.

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One supernova has been observed in NGC 352: SN 2022jzx (Type II, mag. 16.888) was discovered by ATLAS on 16 May 2022.

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