NGC 548
| Galaxy NGC 548 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 26 m 02.5 s |
| declination | -01 ° 13 ′ 32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E +: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 194 |
| Redshift | 0.018026 +/- 0.000019 |
| Radial velocity | 5404 +/- 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(244 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (74.8 ± 5.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | George Mary Searle |
| Discovery date | November 2, 1867 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 548 • UGC 1010 • PGC 5326 • CGCG 385-134 • MCG + 00-04-141 • 2MASX J01260251-0113324 • GALEX ASC J012602.51-011333.1 • LEDA 5326 | |
NGC 548 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E4 in the constellation Cetus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 244 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 55,000 ly
. a. the galaxies NGC 541 , NGC 543 , NGC 545 , NGC 547 .
The object was discovered on November 2, 1867 by the American astronomer George Mary Searle .
Web links
Commons : NGC 548 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
