NGC 379

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NGC 379

Summary

NGC 379 is a lenticular galaxy[1]. It draws 6 Wikipedia views per month (lenticular_galaxy category, ranking #15 of 73).[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 379 is credited with the discovery of William Herschel[3].
  • NGC 379's image is recorded as NGC 0379 SDSS.jpg[4].
  • NGC 379's instance of is recorded as lenticular galaxy[5].
  • NGC 379's constellation is recorded as Pisces[6].
  • NGC 379's galaxy morphological type is recorded as S0[7].
  • NGC 379's part of is recorded as Q6080374[8].
  • NGC 379's part of is recorded as Q67623292[9].
  • NGC 379's part of is recorded as Q67625375[10].
  • NGC 379's part of is recorded as Q67792907[11].
  • NGC 379's part of is recorded as Q67796252[12].
  • NGC 379's Commons category is recorded as NGC 379[13].
  • NGC 379's catalog code is recorded as NGC 379[14].
  • NGC 379's catalog code is recorded as MCG+05-03-050[15].
  • NGC 379's catalog code is recorded as PGC 3966[16].
  • NGC 379's catalog code is recorded as UGC 683[17].
  • NGC 379's catalog code is recorded as 2MASX J01071567+3231131[18].
  • NGC 379's catalog code is recorded as Z 501-82[19].
  • NGC 379's catalog code is recorded as UZC J010715.7+323113[20].
  • NGC 379's catalog code is recorded as Z 0104.5+3215[21].
  • NGC 379's catalog code is recorded as LEDA 3966[22].
  • NGC 379's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR2 313555706648049152[23].
  • NGC 379's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1784-09-12T00:00:00Z[24].
  • NGC 379's redshift is recorded as {'amount': '+0.018606'}[25].
  • NGC 379's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.9'}[26].
  • NGC 379's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.0'}[27].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 379 is credited with the discovery of William Herschel[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 379 draws 6 Wikipedia views per month (lenticular_galaxy category, ranking #15 of 73).[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] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . 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] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . The Updated Zwicky Catalog (UZC). 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 379. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-379
MLA “NGC 379.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-379.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ngc-379_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{NGC 379}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-379}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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