NGC 543

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NGC 543
NGC 0543 SDSS.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 543
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Cetus
Right ascension 01h 25m 50.00503s [1]
Declination −01° 17′ 34.0010″ [1]
Redshift 0.017575 [1]
Helio radial velocity 5223 km/s [1]
Distance 324.66 ± 0.75  Mly (99.54 ± 0.23  Mpc) [2]
Group or cluster Abell 194 [3]
Apparent magnitude  (B)15.0 [1]
Characteristics
Type S0 [1]
Other designations
MCG +00-04-138, PGC 5311 [1]

NGC 543 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is estimated to be 239 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 40,000 ly. NGC 543 was discovered by the German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest. [4] [5] [6] It is a member of the galaxy cluster Abell 194. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "NGC 539". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  2. ↑ Tully, R. Brent; et al. (2013). "Cosmicflows-2: The Data". The Astronomical Journal. 146 (4): 86. arXiv: 1307.7213 . Bibcode:2013AJ....146...86T. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86. S2CID   118494842.
  3. 1 2 Hudson, Michael J.; Lucey, John R.; Smith, Russell J.; Schlegel, David J.; Davies, Roger L. (2001). "Streaming motions of galaxy clusters within 12 000 km s−1 - III. A standardized catalogue of Fundamental Plane data". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 327 (1): 265. Bibcode:2001MNRAS.327..265H. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04786.x .
  4. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  5. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 543". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  6. ↑ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 543 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-04-10.


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