NGC 566
| Galaxy NGC 566 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 29 m 02.9 s |
| declination | + 32 ° 19 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 178 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.018009 ± 0.000103 |
| Radial velocity | 5399 ± 31 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(248 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (75.9 ± 5.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 22, 1827 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 566 • UGC 1058 • PGC 5545 • CGCG 502-92 • MCG + 05-04-62 • 2MASX J01290294 + 3219559 • GALEX ASC J012902.99 + 321956.6 • 2MIG 159 | |
NGC 566 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 248 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 571 .
The object was discovered on November 22, 1827 by the British John Herschel .
Web links
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