NGC 524
| Galaxy NGC 524 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 24 m 47.72 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 32 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) 0+ |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.8 ′ × 2.8 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 524 group LGG 23 |
| Redshift | 0.008016 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 2403 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(111 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (34.1 ± 2.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 4, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 524 • UGC 968 • PGC 5222 • CGCG 411-051 • MCG + 01-04-053 • IRAS 01221 + 0916 • 2MASX J01244770 + 0932196 • GC 307 • H I 151 • h 117 • NVSS J012447 + 093221 • LDCE 85 NED012 | |
NGC 524 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 111 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 516 , NGC 518 , NGC 525 , NGC 532 .
The supernovae SN 2000cx (Type-IaP) and SN 2008Q ( Type-Ia ) were observed here.
The object was discovered on September 4, 1786 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel and was later included in the New General Catalog .
Web links
Commons : NGC 524 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Aladin Lite
- Picture of the day - July 23, 2013: NGC 524 at astronews.com