Astronomy:NGC 539
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| NGC 539 | |
|---|---|
 legacy surveys image of NGC 539 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 01h 25m 21.73827s[1] |
| Declination | −18° 09′ 49.9592″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.032528[1] |
| Helio radial velocity | 9593.1 km/s[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.32[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(rs)c[1] |
| Size | ~285,900 ly (87.67 kpc) (estimated) |
| Other designations | |
| ESO 542- G 010, IRAS 01229-1825, MCG-03-04-063, PGC 5269[1] | |
NGC 539 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Cetus south. It is estimated to be 429 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 286,000 ly.[2][3][4] It was discovered on 31 October 1885 by American astronomer Francis Leavenworth.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "NGC 539". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+539.
- ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 539". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC539.
- ↑ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 539 - In-The-Sky.org" (in en). https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC539.
- ↑ "Your NED Search Results". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+539&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES.
- ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue Objects: NGC 539". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc5.htm#539.
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