NGC 317

pair of spiral galaxies in Andromeda
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NGC 317

Summary

NGC 317 is an astronomical object[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 317 is credited with the discovery of Lewis A. Swift[3].
  • NGC 317's image is recorded as NGC 0317 SDSS.jpg[4].
  • NGC 317's instance of is recorded as astronomical object[5].
  • NGC 317's instance of is recorded as interacting galaxies[6].
  • NGC 317's constellation is recorded as Andromeda[7].
  • NGC 317's galaxy morphological type is recorded as SABbc[8].
  • NGC 317's Commons category is recorded as NGC 317[9].
  • NGC 317's has part is recorded as Q1036115[10].
  • NGC 317's has part is recorded as Q2663064[11].
  • NGC 317's catalog code is recorded as NGC 317[12].
  • NGC 317's catalog code is recorded as KPG 19[13].
  • NGC 317's catalog code is recorded as NPM1G +43.0020[14].
  • NGC 317's catalog code is recorded as Z 536-13[15].
  • NGC 317's catalog code is recorded as Z 0054.8+4331[16].
  • NGC 317's catalog code is recorded as [T2015] nest 202195[17].
  • NGC 317's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1885-10-01T00:00:00Z[18].
  • NGC 317's redshift is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.018109'}[19].
  • NGC 317's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11cfv7tn2[20].
  • NGC 317's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 317[21].
  • NGC 317's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 317[22].
  • NGC 317's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+14.418220'}[23].
  • NGC 317's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+43.796660'}[24].
  • NGC 317's epoch is recorded as J2000.0[25].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 317 is credited with the discovery of Lewis A. Swift[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 317 has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . BVRI surface photometry of isolated galaxy triplets. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Friends-of-friends galaxy group finder with membership refinement. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Friends-of-friends galaxy group finder with membership refinement. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Friends-of-friends galaxy group finder with membership refinement. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). NGC 317. Retrieved May 7, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-317
MLA “NGC 317.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 7 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-317.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ngc-317_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{NGC 317}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-317}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-07}}
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