NGC 560
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 150,000 light years. It is part of the Abell 194 galaxy cluster. NGC 560 was discovered on October 1,1785 by the German-British astronomer William Herschel.[4][5][6]
| NGC 560 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 560 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 01h 27m 25.434s[1] |
| Declination | −01° 54′ 46.54″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.018289[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 5433 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 250.4 ± 17.6 Mly (76.78 ± 5.39 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.0[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S00[3] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 1036, MCG+00-04-151, PGC 5430[3] | |
See also
References
- Skrutskie, M.; et al. (2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
- "NGC 560". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
- "Results for object NGC 0560 (NGC 560)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
- Ford, Dominic. "In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
- "Revised NGC Data for NGC 560". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
- "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
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