NGC 562
| Galaxy NGC 562 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 28 m 29.2 s |
| declination | + 48 ° 23 ′ 13 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 20 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.034200 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 10253 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(465 ± 33) · 10 6 ly (142.7 ± 10.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis A. Swift |
| Discovery date | November 30, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 562 • UGC 1049 • PGC 5502 • CGCG 551-020 • MCG + 08-03-025 • IRAS 01254 + 4807 • 2MASX J01282924 + 4823133 • GALEXASC J012829.30 + 482315.2 • LDCE 90 NED002 | |
NGC 562 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Andromeda on the northern sky . It is estimated to be 465 million light years from the Milky Way and about 175,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered on November 30, 1885 by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift .
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