NGC 528

NGC 528 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda.[1] It is located an estimated 70 million parsecs from the Milky Way. The object was discovered on 22 August 1865 by the German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Ludwig d'Arrest.[3]

NGC 528
SDSS image of NGC 528
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAndromeda
Right ascension 01h 25m 33.60s[1]
Declination+33° 40 18.0[1]
Redshift4807 km/s[1]
Helio radial velocity0.016034[1]
Distance233.53 ± 10.68 Mly (71.600 ± 3.274 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (B)13.7[2]
Characteristics
TypeS0[1]
Apparent size (V)1.7′ × 1.1′[1]
Other designations
NGC 528, UGC 988, MCG+05-04-057, PGC 5290[2]

See also

References

  1. "NED results for object NGC 0528". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  2. "NGC 528". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  3. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 500 - 549". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
  • Media related to NGC 528 at Wikimedia Commons


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