NGC 544
| Galaxy NGC 544 |
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![NGC 544 & NGC 546 with LEDA 109183 [1] (l.)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC_0544_DSS.jpg)
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| NGC 544 & NGC 546 with LEDA 109183 (l.) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sculptor |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 25 m 12.0 s |
| declination | -38 ° 05 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0 ^ 0p |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 2 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 2911 |
| Redshift | 0.019810 ± 0.000019 |
| Radial velocity | 5939 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(263 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (80.5 ± 5.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 23, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 544 • PGC 5253 • ESO 296-024 • MCG -06-04-028 • 2MASX J01251204-3805404 • SGC 012257-3821.2 • GC 320 • h 2411 • 2MASS J01251202-3805400 • LDCE 88 NED002 | |
NGC 544 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type I / SB0 in the constellation Sculptor at the southern sky . It is estimated to be 263 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 115,000 ly. Together with NGC 546 , it probably forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair.
The galaxies NGC 534 and NGC 549 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on October 23, 1835 by the British astronomer John Frederick William Herschel .