NGC 500
| Galaxy NGC 500 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 22 m 39.4 s |
| declination | + 05 ° 23 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E-S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 102 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.04113 ± 0.00008 |
| Radial velocity | 12077 ± 24 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(553 ± 39) · 10 6 ly (169.7 ± 11.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Bindon Stoney |
| Discovery date | December 6, 1850 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 500 • PGC 5013 • CGCG 411-039 • MCG + 01-04-040 • 2MASX J01223937 + 0523142 • NPM1G +05.0056 | |
NGC 500 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Pisces . It is around 553 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 125,000 light years.
NGC 500 was discovered on December 6, 1850 by the Irish astronomer Bindon Blood Stoney , an assistant to William Parsons .
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