Astronomy:NGC 543
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| NGC 543 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 543 imaged by SDSS | |
| 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][4] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.0[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S0[1] |
| Size | ~78,300 ly (24.01 kpc) (estimated)[5] |
| Apparent size (V) | 0.6′ × 0.3′[6] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG+00-04-138, PGC 5311[1][5] | |
NGC 543 is an elliptical galaxy located around 324 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. NGC 543 was discovered by German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on October 31st, 1864.[6][5][7][8] It is not known to have much star formation, and it is a member of the galaxy cluster Abell 194.[3][4]
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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Abell, G.O. (1958). "The distribution of rich clusters of galaxies". Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 3: 211–288. doi:10.1086/190036. Bibcode: 1958ApJS....3..211A.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Results for object NGC 0543". NASA and Caltech. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC+0543.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue Objects: NGC 543". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc5.htm#543.
- ↑ "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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