NGC 504

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Galaxy
NGC 504
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NGC 504 [1] SDSS image
NGC 504 SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation fishes
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 23 m 27.90 s
declination + 33 ° 12 ′ 16.0 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Brightness  (visual) 13.0 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.0 mag
Angular expansion 1.7 ′ × 0.4 ′
Position angle 47 °
Surface brightness 12.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation WBL 38
NGC 499 group
NGC 507 group
LGG 24  
Redshift 0.014096 ± 0.000080  
Radial velocity 4226 ± 24 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(195 ± 14)  ·  10 6  ly
(59.9 ± 4.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date November 22, 1827
Catalog names
NGC  504 • UGC  935 • PGC  5084 • CGCG  502-064 • MCG  + 05-04-041 • 2MASX  J01232787 + 3312152 • GC  291/292 • h  107 • GALEX ASC J012327.81 + 331216.1 • LDCE 74 NED069 • WISEA J012327. 91 + 331215.7

NGC 504 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 195 million light years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years in diameter. Together with five other galaxies, it forms the NGC 499 group ( LGG 24 ).
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 507 , NGC 508 , IC 1685 , IC 1687 .

The object was discovered on November 22, 1827 by the British astronomer John Herschel .

Web links

Commons : NGC 504  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS: NGC 504
  4. NASA / IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED)
  5. ^ VizieR
  6. Seligman