NGC 527
| Galaxy NGC 527 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sculptor |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 23 m 58.1 s |
| declination | -35 ° 06 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) 0 / a? / ALG |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 14 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019343 +/- 0.000053 |
| Radial velocity | 5799 +/- 16 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(257 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (78.8 ± 5.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 1, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 527 • 527A • PGC 5128/5141 • ESO 352-068 • MCG -06-04-021 • 2MASX J01232240 + 3325582 • GC 310 • h 2409 • GALEX ASC J012358.14-350653.2 • LDCE 77 NED017 | |
NGC 527 is a lenticular galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the Sculptor constellation in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 257 million light years from the Milky Way and about 120,000 light years in diameter. Together with PGC 5142 , it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair.
The galaxy trio NGC 526 / PGC 5120 / PGC 5135 is located about three arc minutes north .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on September 1, 1834 .
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