NGC 525
| Galaxy NGC 525 |
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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 52.9 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 42 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 8 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.007135 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 2139 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(99 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (30.5 ± 2.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich Ludwig d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | September 25, 1862 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 525 • UGC 972 • PGC 5232 • CGCG 411-053 • MCG + 01-04-054 • 2MASX J01245290 + 0942116 • GC 308 • GALEX ASC J012452.88 + 094210.3 | |
NGC 525 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 99 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light-years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 516 , NGC 524 , IC 101 , IC 102 .
The object was discovered on September 25, 1862 by the German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Ludwig d'Arrest .
Web links
Commons : NGC 525 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
