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NGC 384 is an 
elliptical galaxy
An elliptical galaxy is a type of galaxy with an approximately ellipsoidal shape and a smooth, nearly featureless image. They are one of the three main galaxy morphological classification, classes of galaxy described by Edwin Hubble in his Hub ...
located in the constellation Pisces
Pisces may refer to:
*Pisces (astrology), an astrological sign
Astronomy
*Pisces (constellation), a constellation
** Pisces Overdensity, an overdensity of stars in the Milky Way's halo that is situated in the Pisces constellation
** Pisces II, a ...
. It was discovered on November 4, 1850, by Bindon Stoney
Bindon Blood Stoney FRS (13 June 1828, Oakley Park, County Offaly – 5 May 1909, Dublin) was an Irish engineer who also made some significant contributions to astronomy.
Family
A son of George Stoney (1792–) and Anne Blood (1801–1883), S ...
. It was described by Dreyer as "pretty faint, pretty small, southwestern of 2.", the other being NGC 385. Along with galaxies NGC 375, NGC 379, NGC 382, NGC 383
NGC 383 is a double radio galaxy with a quasar-like appearance located in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 12 September 1784. It is listed as Arp 331 in Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculi ...
, NGC 385, NGC 386, NGC 387 and NGC 388, NGC 384 forms a galaxy cluster called Arp 331.
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* Elliptical galaxies 0384 18501104 Pisces (constellation) 003983 {{elliptical-galaxy-stub