NGC 534

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NGC 534
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NGC 534 (legacy surveys)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Sculptor
Right ascension 01h 24m 44.615s [1]
Declination −38° 07′ 44.74″ [1]
Redshift 0.019417 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 5765 km/s [2]
Distance 255  Mly (78.1  Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (B)14.42 [2]
Characteristics
Type S0 [2]
Other designations
MCG -06-04-026, PGC 5215 [2]

NGC 534 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation of Sculptor about 260 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the British astronomer John Herschel in 1835. [4] [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics . 616. A1. arXiv: 1804.09365 . Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G . doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201833051 .
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "NGC 534". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  3. ↑ Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 21. arXiv: 1605.01765 . Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi: 10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50 . S2CID   250737862. 50.
  4. ↑ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 534 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  5. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 534". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  6. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-26.


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