| NGC 568 | |
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| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Sculptor |
| Right ascension | 01h 27m 57.0s [1] |
| Declination | −35° 43′ 03″ |
| Redshift | 0.018823±0.000133 |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 5,679 km/s [2] |
| Distance | 266 million light-year, 82.41 Mpc |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.479 [3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SA0− pec? [2] |
| Other designations | |
| IC 1709, ESO 353-3, PGC 5468, 2MASX J01275699-3543039, GSC 07004-01899, MCG-06-04-037, 6dFGS gJ012757.0-354304, 2dFGRS TGS623Z103, ESO-LV 353-0030, SGC 012541-3558.6, LEDA 5468, DUGRS 353-002, APMBGC 353+112+050 and Gaia DR2 5013264743345545088 [4] | |
NGC 568, also commonly referred as IC 1709 is an unbarred lenticular galaxy [2] in the constellation of Sculptor. [5] The galaxy is 266 million light-years from Earth [6] and was discovered by John Herschel on November 29, 1837, and Lewis Swift, an American astronomer who listed it and gave it the name IC 1709 on September 4, 1897. [1]
