NGC 543

NGC 543 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is estimated to be 239 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 40,000 ly. NGC 543 was discovered by the German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest.[4][5][6] It is a member of the galaxy cluster Abell 194.[3]

NGC 543
SDSS image of NGC 543
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCetus
Right ascension01h 25m 50.00503s[1]
Declination−01° 17′ 34.0010″[1]
Redshift0.017575[1]
Helio radial velocity5223 km/s[1]
Distance324.66 ± 0.75 Mly (99.54 ± 0.23 Mpc)[2]
Group or clusterAbell 194[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)15.0[1]
Characteristics
TypeS0[1]
Other designations
MCG+00-04-138, PGC 5311[1]

See also

References
  1. "NGC 539". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  2. Tully, R. Brent; et al. (2013). "Cosmicflows-2: The Data". The Astronomical Journal. 146 (4): 86. arXiv:1307.7213. Bibcode:2013AJ....146...86T. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86.
  3. Hudson, Michael J.; Lucey, John R.; Smith, Russell J.; Schlegel, David J.; Davies, Roger L. (2001). "Streaming motions of galaxy clusters within 12 000 km s-1 - III. A standardized catalogue of Fundamental Plane data". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 327 (1): 265. Bibcode:2001MNRAS.327..265H. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04786.x.
  4. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  5. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 543". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  6. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 543 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  • Media related to NGC 543 at Wikimedia Commons


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