NGC 558
| Galaxy NGC 558 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 27 m 16.2 s |
| declination | -01 ° 58 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E +? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 110 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
Abell 194 LGG 22 WBL 047-001 |
| Redshift | 0.016531 ± 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | 4956 ± 30 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(224 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (68.6 ± 4.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich Louis d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | February 1, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 558 • PGC 5425 • CGCG 385-143 • 2MASX J01271617-0158150 • GC 5180 • GALEX ASC J012716.19-015815.6 • USGC U064 NED30 | |
NGC 558 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E5 in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is around 224 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 25,000 light years .
The galaxies NGC 560 , NGC 564 , IC 119 , IC 120 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on February 1, 1864 by the German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest .
Web links
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