NGC 543

NGC 543
NGC 543 imaged by SDSS
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	01h 25m 50.00503s [1]
Declination	−01° 17′ 34.0010″ [1]
Redshift	0.017575 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	5223 km/s [1]
Distance	324.66 ± 0.75  Mly (99.54 ± 0.23  Mpc) [2]
Group or cluster	Abell 194 [3] [4]
Apparent magnitude  (B)	15.0 [1]
Characteristics
Type	S0 [1]
Size	~78,300  ly (24.01  kpc) (estimated) [5]
Apparent size  (V)	0.6′ × 0.3′ [6]
Other designations
MCG +00-04-138, PGC 5311, CGCG 385-130 [1] [5]

NGC 543 is an elliptical galaxy located around 324 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. NGC 543 was discovered by German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on October 31st, 1864. ^{[6] [5] [7] [8]} It is not known to have much star formation, and it is a member of the galaxy cluster Abell 194. ^{[3] [4]}

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)

References

1. "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. 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 . hdl: 10533/172647 .
4. Abell, G.O. (1958). "The distribution of rich clusters of galaxies". Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 3: 211–288. Bibcode:1958ApJS....3..211A.
5. "Results for object NGC 0543". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. NASA and Caltech . Retrieved 2020-04-10.
6. Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue Objects: NGC 543". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
7. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 543". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
8. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 543 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-04-10.

External links

• Media related to NGC 543 at Wikimedia Commons