NGC 531

NGC 531
SDSS image of NGC 531
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Andromeda
Right ascension	01h 26m 18.805s [1]
Declination	+34° 45′ 14.93″ [1]
Redshift	0.015667 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	4660 km/s [2]
Distance	205.5  Mly (63.00  Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (B)	14.86 [4]
Characteristics
Type	SB0/a: [5]
Other designations
UGC 1012, MCG +06-04-020, PGC 5340 [2]

NGC 531 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda with a visual magnitude of 10.51. It is a distance of 65.7 Mpc from the Sun. ^{[5] [6]} It is a member of the Hickson Compact Group HCG 10, ^[2] and is interacting with the other members of the group. ^[5]

References

1. Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi: 10.1086/498708 . ISSN   0004-6256. S2CID   18913331.
2. "NGC 531". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2021-02-04.
3. Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal. 655 (2): 790–813. arXiv: astro-ph/0610732 . Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C. doi:10.1086/510201. S2CID   11672751.
4. "Search specification: NGC 531". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
5. Song, Woo-Mi; Ann, Hong (1999-01-01). "VRI Surface Photometry of the Spiral Galaxies NGC 531, NGC 536, and NGC 542 in HCG10". Publications of the Korean Astronomical Society. 14 (1): 1–8. Bibcode:1999PKAS...14....1S.
6. "NGC 531 - spiral galaxy with bar. Description NGC 531". astro-map.com. Retrieved 2020-03-25.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

External links

• Media related to NGC 531 at Wikimedia Commons
• NGC 531 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
• NGC 531 on SIMBAD