NGC 505
| Galaxy NGC 505 |
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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 57.1 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 28 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 57 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018556 ± 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | 5563 ± 29 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(252 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (77.4 ± 5.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | October 1, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 505 • UGC 924 • PGC 5036 • CGCG 411-041 • MCG + 01-04-041 • 2MASX J01225708 + 0928080 • GC 5170 • GALEX ASC J012256.98 + 092807.2 | |
NGC 505 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 252 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 489 , NGC 509 , NGC 516 , NGC 518 .
The object was discovered on October 1, 1864 by the German astronomer Albert Marth .
Web links
Commons : NGC 505 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
