NGC 560

NGC 560 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is estimated to be about 250 million light-years from the Milky Way[3] and has a diameter of approximately 150,000 light years. It is part of the Abell 194 galaxy cluster. NGC 560 was discovered on October 1, 1785 by the German-British astronomer William Herschel.[4][5][6]

NGC 560
SDSS image of NGC 560
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCetus
Right ascension01h 27m 25.434s[1]
Declination−01° 54′ 46.54″[1]
Redshift0.018289[2]
Helio radial velocity5433 km/s[2]
Distance250.4 ± 17.6 Mly (76.78 ± 5.39 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)14.0[2]
Characteristics
TypeS00[3]
Other designations
UGC 1036, MCG+00-04-151, PGC 5430[3]

See also

References
  1. Skrutskie, M.; et al. (2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
  2. "NGC 560". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  3. "Results for object NGC 0560 (NGC 560)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  4. Ford, Dominic. "In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  5. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 560". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  6. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  • Media related to NGC 560 at Wikimedia Commons


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