NGC 567
| Galaxy NGC 567 |
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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 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 |
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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
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