NGC 567
Galaxy NGC 567 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | whale |
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 |
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 .
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