NGC 560
| Galaxy NGC 560 |
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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 25.4 s |
| declination | -01 ° 54 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 ^ 0 / edge-on |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 178 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 194 WBL 047-002 |
| Redshift | 0.018379 ± 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | 5510 ± 17 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(249 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (76.2 ± 5.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 1, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 560 • UGC 1036 • PGC 5430 • CGCG 385-145 • MCG + 00-04-151 • 2MASX J01272543-0154465 • GC 332 • H III 441 • GALEX ASC J012725.37-015447.7 • LDCE 89 NED020 | |
NGC 560 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 249 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 150,000 light-years across. It is part of the Abell 194 galaxy cluster .
The galaxies NGC 558 , NGC 564 , IC 119 , IC 120 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on October 1, 1785 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
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