NGC 538 | |
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SDSS image of NGC 538 | |
Observation data ( J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Cetus |
Right ascension | 01h 25m 26.06364s [1] |
Declination | −01° 33′ 02.2258″ [1] |
Redshift | 0.017756 [1] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 5276 km/s [1] |
Distance | 250 Mly (77 Mpc) [2] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.58 [1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SB(s)ab: [2] |
Other designations | |
UGC 991, MCG +00-04-130, PGC 5275 [1] |
NGC 538 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Cetus. It is located about 250 million light-years from the Milky Way [2] with a diameter of approximately 95,000 ly.[ citation needed] NGC 538 was discovered by the American astronomer Lewis Swift in 1886. [3] [4] [5]
NGC 538 is estimated to be about 2.5 billion years old. [6]
NGC 538 | |
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SDSS image of NGC 538 | |
Observation data ( J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Cetus |
Right ascension | 01h 25m 26.06364s [1] |
Declination | −01° 33′ 02.2258″ [1] |
Redshift | 0.017756 [1] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 5276 km/s [1] |
Distance | 250 Mly (77 Mpc) [2] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.58 [1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SB(s)ab: [2] |
Other designations | |
UGC 991, MCG +00-04-130, PGC 5275 [1] |
NGC 538 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Cetus. It is located about 250 million light-years from the Milky Way [2] with a diameter of approximately 95,000 ly.[ citation needed] NGC 538 was discovered by the American astronomer Lewis Swift in 1886. [3] [4] [5]
NGC 538 is estimated to be about 2.5 billion years old. [6]