NGC 519
| Galaxy NGC 519 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 24 m 28.6 s |
| declination | -01 ° 38 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E + |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 × 0.3 |
| Position angle | 140 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
Abell 194 NGC 541 group LGG 25 WBL 45 |
| Redshift | 0.018059 ± 0.000107 |
| Radial velocity | 5414 ± 32 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(244 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (74.9 ± 5.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis A. Swift |
| Discovery date | November 20, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 519 • PGC 5182 • CGCG 385-103 • MCG + 00-04-116 • 2MASX J01242863-0138284 • GALEX ASC J012428.61-013828.0 • USGC U064 NED07 | |
NGC 519 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E4 in the constellation Cetus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 244 million light years from the Milky Way and about 35,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 530 , NGC 538 , IC 1693 , IC 1696 .
The object was discovered on November 20, 1886 by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift .