Astronomy:NGC 543
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Cetus
| NGC 543 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 543 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 01h 25m 50.00503s[1] |
| Declination | −01° 17′ 34.0010″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.017575[1] |
| Helio radial velocity | 5223 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 324.66 ± 0.75 Mly (99.54 ± 0.23 Mpc)[2] |
| Group or cluster | Abell 194[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.0[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S0[1] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG+00-04-138, PGC 5311[1] | |
NGC 543 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is estimated to be 239 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 40,000 ly. NGC 543 was discovered by the German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest.[4][5][6] It is a member of the galaxy cluster Abell 194.[3]
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.
- ↑ Tully, R. Brent (2013). "Cosmicflows-2: The Data". The Astronomical Journal 146 (4): 86. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86. Bibcode: 2013AJ....146...86T.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hudson, Michael J.; Lucey, John R.; Smith, Russell J.; Schlegel, David J.; Davies, Roger L. (2001). "Streaming motions of galaxy clusters within 12 000 km s−1 - III. A standardized catalogue of Fundamental Plane data". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 327 (1): 265. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04786.x. Bibcode: 2001MNRAS.327..265H.
- ↑ "Your NED Search Results". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+543&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.
- ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 543". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC543.
- ↑ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 543 - In-The-Sky.org" (in en). https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=613.
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