NGC 567

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Galaxy
NGC 567
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 27 m 02.4 s
declination -10 ° 15 ′ 55 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB0o:  
Brightness  (visual) 14.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.2 mag
Angular expansion 1.0 ′ × 0.6 ′
Position angle 134 °
Surface brightness 13.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.023026 ± 0.000090  
Radial velocity 6903 ± 27 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(310 ± 22)  x  10 6  ly
(94.9 ± 6.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery Francis Preserved Leavenworth
Discovery date 1886
Catalog names
NGC  567 • PGC  5402 • MCG  -02-04-53 • 2MASX  J01270240-1015550 •

NGC 567 is a lenticular galaxy of Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Cetus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 310 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 ly in diameter.

The object was discovered in 1886 by the American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth .

Web links

Commons : NGC 567  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 567
  3. Seligman