ESO 540-030 | |
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Hubble Space Telescope image of ESO 540-030 | |
Observation data ( J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Sculptor |
Right ascension | 00h 49m 21.1s [1] |
Declination | −18° 04′ 34″ [1] |
Redshift | 0.000747 [2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 224 km/s [2] |
Distance | 11.35 ± 0.26 Mly (3.48 ± 0.08 Mpc) [2] |
Group or cluster | Sculptor Group |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 16.45 [1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | dG [1] |
Apparent size (V) | 0.81′ × 0.56′ [1] |
Other designations | |
PGC 2881 [1] |
ESO 540-030 is a faint dwarf galaxy in the Sculptor Group. [1] It has the appearance of a massive scattering of dim stars.
The galaxy is located slightly more than 11 million light-years from Earth. It is difficult to observe due to galaxies situated behind ESO 540-030, and five bright stars between the galaxy and the Solar System. [3] The brightest of them is located around 1500 light-years away from us. [4]
ESO 540-030 | |
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Hubble Space Telescope image of ESO 540-030 | |
Observation data ( J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Sculptor |
Right ascension | 00h 49m 21.1s [1] |
Declination | −18° 04′ 34″ [1] |
Redshift | 0.000747 [2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 224 km/s [2] |
Distance | 11.35 ± 0.26 Mly (3.48 ± 0.08 Mpc) [2] |
Group or cluster | Sculptor Group |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 16.45 [1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | dG [1] |
Apparent size (V) | 0.81′ × 0.56′ [1] |
Other designations | |
PGC 2881 [1] |
ESO 540-030 is a faint dwarf galaxy in the Sculptor Group. [1] It has the appearance of a massive scattering of dim stars.
The galaxy is located slightly more than 11 million light-years from Earth. It is difficult to observe due to galaxies situated behind ESO 540-030, and five bright stars between the galaxy and the Solar System. [3] The brightest of them is located around 1500 light-years away from us. [4]