NGC 521

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NGC 521
NGC521 Spiral Galaxy from the Mount Lemmon SkyCenter Schulman Telescope courtesy Adam Block.jpg
NGC 521 as seen on an image recorded the Mount Lemmon Observatory using the 32-inch Schulman reflecting telescope in 2015
Observation data (J2000 [1] epoch)
Constellation Cetus [2]
Right ascension 01h 24m 33.8s [3]
Declination +01° 24′ 33.8″ [3]
Redshift 0.016902 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity 5024.3 km/s [1]
Distance 224 Mly [4]
Apparent magnitude  (V)11.7 [2]
Apparent magnitude  (B)12.5 [2]
Characteristics
Type SB(r)bc [2]
Size127,500 ly (39.06 kpc) (estimated) [3]
Apparent size  (V)2.7' × 2.4' [2]
Other designations
PGC 5190, UGC 962, GC 304, MGC +00-04-118, 2MASS J01243377+0143532, h 115, IRAS 01219+0128 [1] [5]
NGC 521's location in the Cetus constellation Cetus y Mira.png
NGC 521's location in the Cetus constellation

NGC 521, also occasionally referred to as PGC 5190 or UGC 962, is a barred spiral galaxy located approximately 224 million light-years from the Solar System [4] in the constellation Cetus. [2] It was discovered on 8 October 1785 by astronomer William Herschel. [5]

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Observation history

Historic observation

Herschel described his discovery as "faint, pretty large, irregular round, brighter middle". Further observations were made by both his son, John Herschel, who simply noted "big" on his first and "very faint" on his second observation, as well as R. J. Mitchell, who noted "pretty big, spiral galaxy, disc enveloped in faint outlying neby and looks like an unresolved cluster." [6] NGC 521 was later catalogued by John Louis Emil Dreyer in the New General Catalogue, where the galaxy was described as "faint, pretty large, round, gradually brighter middle". [5]

Supernovae

Three supernovae have been observed in NGC 521:

Description

The galaxy's large apparent size can be attributed to the fact that it is face-on. Despite its size, it only has an apparent visual magnitude of 11.7. It can be classified as spiral galaxy of type SBbc using the Hubble Sequence. [2] The object's distance of roughly 220 million light-years from the Solar System can be estimated using its redshift and Hubble's law. [4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "NGC 521". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Revised NGC Data for NGC 521". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2017-10-05.
  3. 1 2 3 "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-10-05.
  4. 1 2 3 An object's distance from Earth can be determined using Hubble's law: v=Ho is Hubble's constant (70±5 (km/s)/Mpc). The relative uncertainty Δd/d divided by the distance is equal to the sum of the relative uncertainties of the velocity and v=Ho
  5. 1 2 3 "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 500 - 549". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
  6. ↑ "astronomy-mall.com/Adventures.In.Deep.Space/NGC%201-7840%20complete.htm".
  7. ↑ Marsden, Brian G. (22 August 1966). "Circular No. 1966". Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  8. ↑ "SN 1966G". Transient Name Server. IAU . Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  9. ↑ Szeidl, B.; Lovas, M. (1982). "Supernova in NGC 521". International Astronomical Union Circular (3724): 1. Bibcode:1982IAUC.3724....1S.
  10. ↑ "SN 1982O". Transient Name Server. IAU . Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  11. ↑ Baek, M.; Li, W.; Puckett, T.; Sostero, G.; Garzia, S. (2006). "Supernovae 2006D, 2006E, 2006F, 2006G, 2006H". International Astronomical Union Circular (8660): 1. Bibcode:2006IAUC.8660....1B.
  12. ↑ "SN 2006G". Transient Name Server. IAU . Retrieved 1 December 2024.


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