NGC 538
| Galaxy NGC 538 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 25 m 26.0 s |
| declination | -01 ° 33 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) from: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′, 0 × 0 ′, 5 |
| Position angle | 40 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 194 |
| Redshift | 0.018246 +/- 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | 5470 +/- 28 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(247 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (75.7 ± 5.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis A. Swift |
| Discovery date | November 20, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 538 • UGC 991 • PGC 5275 • CGCG 385-120 • MCG + 00-04-130 • 2MASX J01252603-0133021 • LDCE 89 NED010 | |
NGC 538 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Whale south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 247 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 95,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 535 , NGC 541 , NGC 545 , NGC 547 .
The object was discovered on November 20, 1886 by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift .
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