NGC 529
| Galaxy NGC 529 |
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| Image of the HCG 10 with an 80 cm telescope; NGC 529 is center right. | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 25 m 40.4 s |
| declination | + 34 ° 42 ′ 48 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E1 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2 ′, 4 × 2 ′, 1 |
| Position angle | 160 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016084 +/- 0.000060 |
| Radial velocity | 4822 +/- 18 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(222 ± 16) · 10 6 ly (68.1 ± 4.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 17, 1827 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 529 • UGC 995 • PGC 5299 • CGCG 521-23 • MCG + 06-04-019 • 2MASX J01254030 + 3442465 • HCG 10B • GC 311 • h 118 • LDCE 0074 NED083 | |
NGC 529 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Andromeda , which is approximately 222 million light years from the Milky Way . NGC 529 together with the galaxies NGC 531 , NGC 536 and NGC 542 form the Hickson Compact Group 10, abbreviated to HCG 10.
The object was discovered on November 17, 1827 by the British astronomer John Frederick William Herschel .
Web links
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