NGC 503
| Galaxy NGC 503 |
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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 23 m 28.4 s |
| declination | + 33 ° 19 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 27 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
NGC-507 Group WBL 38 |
| Redshift | 0.019754 +/- 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 5922 +/- 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(271 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (83.1 ± 5.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich Ludwig d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | August 13, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 503 • PGC 5086 • CGCG 502-065 • MCG + 05-04-040 • 2MASX J01232845 + 3319542 • GC 5169 • GALEX ASC J012328.52 + 331956.3 • LDCE 74 NED070 | |
NGC 503 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation fish on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 271 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 501 , NGC 507 , NGC 508 , IC 1687 .
The object was discovered on August 13, 1863 by the German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Ludwig d'Arrest .
Web links
Commons : NGC 503 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
