NGC 308

High school (ages 12+)
Space & Astronomy

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Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/ngc-308

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the galaxy classification (de vaucouleurs)?SBb. A barred spiral galaxy with moderately wound arms
2. What is the galactic group affiliation?Prominent member of the Sculptor Group, located approximately 60 million light-years distant
3. What kind of galaxy is NGC 308?NGC 308 is a barred spiral galaxy. It has a central bar and moderately wound spiral arms.
4. Where is NGC 308 located?It is part of the Sculptor Group, about 60 million light‑years from Earth. This makes the group one of the nearest outside our own galaxy.

Barred Spiral Galaxy: A spiral galaxy characterized by a bar-shaped structure of stars extending across its center.
Supermassive Black Hole (SMBH): A black hole with a mass ranging from hundreds of thousands to billions of solar masses, typically found at the center of galaxies.
Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN): A compact region at the center of a galaxy that has a much higher luminosity than the combined light of its stars, often powered by an accreting SMBH.