NGC 539
| NGC 539 | |
|---|---|
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]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "NGC 539". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
- S2CID 9655238.
- ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 539". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
- ^ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 539 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
- ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
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