Astronomy:NGC 531

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
NGC 531
NGC 0531 SDSS.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 531
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAndromeda
Right ascension 01h 26m 18.805s[1]
Declination+34° 45′ 14.93″[1]
Redshift0.015667[2]
Helio radial velocity4660 km/s[2]
Distance205.5 Mly (63.00 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)14.86[4]
Characteristics
TypeSB0/a:[5]
Other designations
UGC 1012, MCG+06-04-020, PGC 5340[2]

NGC 531 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda with a visual magnitude of 10.51. It is a distance of 65.7 Mpc from the Sun.[5][6] It is a member of the Hickson Compact Group HCG 10,[2] and is interacting with the other members of the group.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode2006AJ....131.1163S. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "NGC 531". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+531. 
  3. Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal 655 (2): 790–813. doi:10.1086/510201. Bibcode2007ApJ...655..790C. 
  4. "Search specification: NGC 531". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%20531. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Song, Woo-Mi; Ann, Hong (1999-01-01). "VRI Surface Photometry of the Spiral Galaxies NGC 531, NGC 536, and NGC 542 in HCG10". Publications of the Korean Astronomical Society 14 (1): 1–8. Bibcode1999PKAS...14....1S. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/252395719. 
  6. "NGC 531 - spiral galaxy with bar. Description NGC 531". https://astro-map.com/get_ngcic.php?ID=NGC-531. [yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]

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