NGC 533

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NGC 533
NGC533 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 533
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Cetus
Right ascension 01h 25m 31.432s [1]
Declination +01° 45′ 33.57″ [1]
Redshift 0.018509 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 5549 km/s [2]
Distance 200.86 ± 39.79  Mly (61.583 ± 12.199  Mpc) [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)11.27 [2]
Apparent magnitude  (B)13.1 [3]
Absolute magnitude  (V)−22.64 [2]
Characteristics
Type E3: [2]
Size233,700  ly (71,660  pc) [2] [note 1]
Apparent size  (V)3.8′ × 2.3′ [2]
Other designations
UGC 992, MGC+00-04-131, PGC 5283

NGC 533 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on October 8, 1785, by William Herschel. It was described as "pretty bright, pretty large, round, gradually brighter middle" by John Louis Emil Dreyer, the compiler of the New General Catalogue. [4]

Contents

NGC 533 (SDSS) NGC 0533 SDSS.jpg
NGC 533 (SDSS)

References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "NED results for object NGC 0533". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center . Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "NGC 533". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 500 - 549". cseligman.com. Retrieved 26 June 2017.

Notes

  1. ↑ POSS1 103a-O values used.


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