NGC 321

galaxy in the Cetus constellation
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NGC 321

Summary

NGC 321 is a galaxy[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of galaxy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 321 is credited with the discovery of Albert Marth[3].
  • NGC 321's image is recorded as NGC321 - SDSS DR14.jpg[4].
  • NGC 321's instance of is recorded as galaxy[5].
  • NGC 321's instance of is recorded as lenticular galaxy[6].
  • NGC 321's constellation is recorded as Cetus[7].
  • NGC 321's galaxy morphological type is recorded as SBcd[8].
  • NGC 321's part of is recorded as Q67626468[9].
  • NGC 321's part of is recorded as Q67793837[10].
  • NGC 321's Commons category is recorded as NGC 321[11].
  • NGC 321's catalog code is recorded as NGC 321[12].
  • NGC 321's catalog code is recorded as PGC 3443[13].
  • NGC 321's catalog code is recorded as MCG-01-03-043[14].
  • NGC 321's catalog code is recorded as 2MASX J00573925-0505098[15].
  • NGC 321's catalog code is recorded as 6dFGS gJ005739.2-050510[16].
  • NGC 321's catalog code is recorded as NPM1G -05.0031[17].
  • NGC 321's catalog code is recorded as LEDA 3443[18].
  • NGC 321's catalog code is recorded as SDSS J005739.23-050510.2[19].
  • NGC 321's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR2 2524760142287110528[20].
  • NGC 321's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1864-09-27T00:00:00Z[21].
  • NGC 321's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0jwygq1[22].
  • NGC 321's redshift is recorded as {'amount': '+0.016163'}[23].
  • NGC 321's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15'}[24].
  • NGC 321's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16'}[25].
  • NGC 321's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.86'}[26].
  • NGC 321's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.7402'}[27].

Body

Geography

Part of include Q67626468[9] and Q67793837[10].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include galaxy[5] and lenticular galaxy[6].

History and Context

Catalog codes include NGC 321[12], PGC 3443[13], MCG-01-03-043[14], 2MASX J00573925-0505098[15], 6dFGS gJ005739.2-050510[16], and NPM1G -05.0031[17].

Why It Matters

NGC 321 ranks in the top 6% of galaxy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . SIMBAD. 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] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . The 6dF Galaxy Survey: final redshift release (DR3) and southern large-scale structures. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). NGC 321. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-321
MLA “NGC 321.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-321.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ngc-321_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{NGC 321}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-321}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): NGC 321 — https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-321 (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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