Astronomy:NGC 549
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation of Sculptor
| NGC 549 | |
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 legacy surveys view of NGC 549 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Sculptor |
| Right ascension | 01h 25m 07.1s[1] |
| Declination | −38° 00′ 28″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.020734[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 6060[3] |
| Distance | 259.95 Mly (79.700 Mpc) |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | (R')SB(s)a[1] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG-07-04-004, PGC 5278[2] | |
NGC 549 is a barred spiral galaxy in the southern constellation Sculptor. It was discovered by British astronomer John Frederick William Herschel on November 29, 1837.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 IPAC, NASA. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database, search for NGC 0549". https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC+549&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "NGC 549". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+549.
- ↑ Ford, Dominic. "Database for NGC 549". https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC549/.
- ↑ "Ngc 549 info". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc5.htm#549/.
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