NGC 577
Galaxy NGC 577 / NGC 580 |
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Constellation | whale |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 01 h 30 m 40.7 s |
declination | -01 ° 59 ′ 40 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | (R) SB (r) a pec |
Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 1.5 ′ |
Position angle | 140 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | Abell 194 |
Redshift | 0.019804 ± 0.000020 |
Radial velocity | 5937 ± 6 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(267 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (82.0 ± 5.7) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Aaron Skinner |
Discovery date | October 23, 1867 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 577/580 • UGC 1080 • PGC 5628 • CGCG 385-165 • MCG + 00-04-165 • IRAS 01281-0215 • 2MASX J01304069-0159396 • LDCE 89 NED031 |
NGC 577 = NGC 580 is a 13 mag bright bar spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 267 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 150,000 ly. The object is a member of the Abell 194 galaxy cluster .
The galaxies NGC 564 , IC 119 , IC 120 , IC 126 are located in the same area of the sky .
It was discovered by Aaron Nichols Skinner on October 23, 1867 and later listed as NGC 577 . On August 14, 1877, it was discovered independently by Wilhelm Tempel , which later led to the catalog entry NGC 580 .
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