NGC 533
| Galaxy NGC 533 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 25 m 31.3 s |
| declination | + 01 ° 45 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3 |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.8 ′ × 2.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 50 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 189 NGC-533 group |
| Redshift | 0.018509 ± 0.000028 |
| Radial velocity | 5549 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(251 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (76.9 ± 5.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 8, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 533 • UGC 992 • PGC 5283 • CGCG 385-121 • MCG + 00-04-131 • 2MASX J01253143 + 0145335 • GC 315 • H II 462 • h 121 • GALEX ASC J012531.46 + 014532.8 • LDCE 87 NED004 | |
NGC 533 is an E3 type elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 251 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 280,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the u. a. the galaxies NGC 521 , IC 103 , IC 109 , IC 1694 .
The object was discovered on October 8, 1785 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
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