NGC 526B
| Galaxy NGC 526B |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sculptor |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 23 m 57.1 s |
| declination | -35 ° 04 ′ 09 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0: pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 162 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019173 +/- 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 5748 +/- 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(255 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (78.1 ± 5.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 1, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 526 • PGC 5135 • ESO 352-66 • MCG -06-04-020 • 2MASX J01235705-3504095 • GC 309 • h 2408 • NGC 526B • AM 0121-351 | |
NGC 526B is a lenticular galaxy in the Sculptor constellation about 255 million light years from the Milky Way . Nearby is another galaxy that has been assigned the number NGC 526A .
The object was discovered on September 1, 1834 by the British astronomer John Frederick William Herschel .
Web links
Commons : NGC 526B - collection of images, videos, and audio files
