NGC 543
| Galaxy NGC 543 |
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![NGC 543 with LEDA 73958 (above) & LEDA 5314 [1] (below) SDSS mount](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC543_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 543 with LEDA 73958 (above) & LEDA 5314 (below) SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 25 m 50.0 s |
| declination | -01 ° 17 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-: / sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
Abell 194 NGC 541 group LGG 25 |
| Redshift | 0.017666 ± 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | 5296 ± 17 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(239 ± 20) · 10 6 ly (73.3 ± 6.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich Louis d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | October 31, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 543 • PGC 5311 • CGCG 385-130 • MCG + 00-04-138 • 2MASX J01254997-0117341 • GC 5179 • GALEX ASC J012549.98-011733.9 • LDCE 89 NED015 | |
NGC 543 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 239 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 40,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 541 , NGC 545 , NGC 547 , NGC 548 , among others .
The object was discovered on October 31, 1864 by the German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Ludwig d'Arrest .
Web links
Commons : NGC 543 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
