NGC 516
| Galaxy NGC 516 |
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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 24 m 08.12 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 33 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.40 × 0.5 |
| Position angle | 44 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 524 group LGG 23 |
| Redshift | 0.008129 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 2437 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(113 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (34.6 ± 2.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich Ludwig d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | September 25, 1862 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 516 • UGC 946 • PGC 5148 • CGCG 411-046 • MCG + 01-04-048 • 2MASX J01240806 + 0933060 • GC 300 • GALEXASC J012408.06 + 093304.1 • LDCE 85 NED008 | |
NGC 516 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 113 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 509 , NGC 518 , NGC 524 , NGC 525 .
The object was discovered on September 25, 1862 by the German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Ludwig d'Arrest .
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Commons : NGC 516 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
