NGC 560

NGC 560
NGC 560 imaged by SDSS
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	01h 27m 25.434s [1]
Declination	−01° 54′ 46.54″ [1]
Redshift	0.018289 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	5433 km/s [2]
Distance	250.4 ± 17.6  Mly (76.78 ± 5.39  Mpc) [3]
Group or cluster	Abell 194 [4]
Apparent magnitude  (B)	14.0 [2]
Characteristics
Type	S00 [3]
Size	~120,600  ly (36.98  kpc) (estimated) [3]
Apparent size  (V)	2.0′ × 0.5′ [3]
Other designations
UGC 1036, MCG +00-04-151, PGC 5430, CGCG 385-145 [3]

NGC 560 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is estimated to be about 250 million light-years from the Milky Way ^[3] and has a diameter of approximately 120,000 light years. It is part of the Abell 194 galaxy cluster. ^[4] NGC 560 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on October 1, 1785. ^{[5] [6] [3]}

One supernova has been observed in NGC 560: SN 2024pnw (type Ia, mag. 18.29) was discovered by BlackGEM on July 13, 2024. ^[7]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)

References

1. 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. "NGC 560". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2020-05-16.
3. "Results for object NGC 0560 (NGC 560)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
4. Abell, G.O. (1958). "The distribution of rich clusters of galaxies". Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 3: 211–288. Bibcode:1958ApJS....3..211A.
5. Ford, Dominic. "In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
6. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 560". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
7. "SN 2024pnw". Transient Name Server. IAU . Retrieved 23 May 2025.

External links

• Media related to NGC 560 at Wikimedia Commons