NGC 308

{{Short description|Star in the constellation Cetus}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2016}}

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{{Starbox image

| image = 240px

| caption = NGC 308 is the brightest star below (south of) the lenticular galaxy NGC 307

| credit = SDSS

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{{Starbox observe

| epoch = J2000.0

| constell = Cetus

| ra = {{RA|00|56|34.33}}

| dec = {{DEC|-01|47|03.6}}

| appmag_v = 15.7

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{{Starbox astrometry

| prop_mo_ra = −5.284

| prop_mo_dec = −15.102

| parallax = 0.4388

| p_error = 0.0530

| parallax_footnote = {{cite DR2|2535585418377515008}}

| absmag_v =

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{{Starbox detail

| mass =

| temperature = 5,789

| luminosity = 2.472

| radius = 1.56

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{{Starbox catalog

| names = PGC 3354{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 0308

| url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+308&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES

| access-date=September 2, 2016}}

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{{Starbox reference

| Simbad = NGC+308

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NGC 308 is a star located in the constellation Cetus. It is only 55" away from NGC 307. It was recorded on December 31, 1866, by Robert Ball.{{cite web|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 300 - 349|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc3.htm#308|publisher=Cseligman|access-date=October 20, 2016}}