NGC 564
| Galaxy NGC 564 |
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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 48.2 s |
| declination | -01 ° 52 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 145 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 194 |
| Redshift | 0.019467 +/- 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | 5836 +/- 17 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(263 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (80.7 ± 5.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 1, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 564 • UGC 1044 • PGC 5455 • CGCG 385-148 • MCG + 00-04-154 • 2MASX J01274822-0152465 • GC 333 • H III 442 • DRCG 7-6 • spar 44A • LDCE 0089 NED023 | |
NGC 564 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E2? in the constellation whale in the southern sky . It is around 263 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 110,000 light years .
It was discovered on October 1, 1785 by the German-British astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel .