NGC 515
| Galaxy NGC 515 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 24 m 38.6 s |
| declination | + 33 ° 28 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 126 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
NGC-507 Group WBL 38 |
| Redshift | 0.017002 +/- 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 5097 +/- 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(234 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (71.8 ± 5.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 13, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 515 • UGC 956 • PGC 5201 • CGCG 502-077 • MCG + 05-04-052 • 2MASX J01243853 + 3328214 • VV 36 • GC 299 • H III-167 • h 113 • GALEX ASC J012438.47 + 332823.7 • LDCE 74 NED078 | |
NGC 515 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 234 million light years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 517 , NGC 528 , IC 1691 , IC 1692 .
The object was discovered on September 13, 1784 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .