NGC 531

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NGC 531
NGC 0531 SDSS.jpg
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]
Helio 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]

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  5. 1 2 3 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.
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