NGC 539 | |
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legacy surveys image of NGC 539 | |
Observation data ( J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Cetus |
Right ascension | 01h 25m 21.73827s [1] |
Declination | −18° 09′ 49.9592″ [1] |
Redshift | 0.032528 [1] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 9593.1 km/s [1] |
Distance | 440 Mly (134.8 Mpc) [2] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.32 [1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | Sc [1] |
Other designations | |
MCG -03-04-063, PGC 5269 [1] |
NGC 539 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Cetus south. It is estimated to be 429 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 200,000 ly. [3] [4] [5]
NGC 539 | |
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legacy surveys image of NGC 539 | |
Observation data ( J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Cetus |
Right ascension | 01h 25m 21.73827s [1] |
Declination | −18° 09′ 49.9592″ [1] |
Redshift | 0.032528 [1] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 9593.1 km/s [1] |
Distance | 440 Mly (134.8 Mpc) [2] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.32 [1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | Sc [1] |
Other designations | |
MCG -03-04-063, PGC 5269 [1] |
NGC 539 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Cetus south. It is estimated to be 429 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 200,000 ly. [3] [4] [5]