NGC 534
| Galaxy NGC 534 |
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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 24 m 44.6 s |
| declination | -38 ° 07 ′ 45 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) 0 ^ 0 / LLAGN |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 142 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 2911 |
| Redshift | 0.019427 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 5824 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(258 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (79.0 ± 5.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 23, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 534 • PGC 5215 • ESO 296-21 • MCG -06-04-026 • 2MASX J01244464-3807448 • GC 316 • h 2410 • GALEX ASC J012444.62-380743.8 • LDCE 88 NED001 | |
NGC 534 is a lenticular galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Sculptor in the southern sky . It is an estimated 258 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 75,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 544 , NGC 546 , NGC 549 , among others .
The object was discovered on November 17, 1827 by the British astronomer John Frederick William Herschel .