NGC 392

{{Short description|Lenticular galaxy in the constellation Pisces}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2017}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 392

| image = File:NGC392 - SDSS DR14.jpg

| caption = SDSS image of NGC 392 (center)

| epoch = J2000

| ra = {{RA|01|08|23.4}}{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 0392

| url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+392&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}}

| dec = {{DEC|+33|08|01}}

| constellation name = Pisces

| z = 0.015651

| h_radial_v = 4,692 km/s

| type = S0:

| appmag_v = 13.68

| size_v = 1.2' × 0.9'

| notes =

| names = UGC 00700, CGCG 501-094, MCG +05-03-062, 2MASX J01082344+3308008, 2MASXi J0108234+330800, PGC 4042.

}}

NGC 392 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on September 12, 1784, by William Herschel. It was described by Dreyer as "faint, very small, round, much brighter middle, between 2 stars."{{cite web|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 350 - 399|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc3a.htm#392|publisher=Cseligman|access-date=January 13, 2017}}

One supernova has been observed in NGC 392: SN{{nbsp}}2020orw (type{{nbsp}}Ia, mag. 17.4).{{cite web | website=Transient Name Server | title=SN{{nbsp}}2020orw | url=https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020orw | publisher = IAU | access-date=5 September 2024}}

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