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Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiC
- Redshift
- z = 0.041128
- Coordinates
- RA 20.6640° · Dec 5.3872°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Right ascension
- 01 22 39.4
- Declination
- +05 ° 23 ′ 14 ″
- Redshift
- 0.041128 ± 0.000080
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- (12077 ± 24) km/s
- Distance
- 551 Mly
- Type
- E-S0
- Apparent size v
- 0.8' × 0.6'
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Image
- NGC 0500 SDSS.jpg
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- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 2563624407994555136
- discoverer or inventor
- William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse
- time of discovery or invention
- 1850-12-06
- redshift
- 0.041128
- apparent magnitude
- 12.894
- epoch
- J2000.0
- galaxy morphological type
- E-S0
- Commons category
- NGC 500
- right ascension
- 20.66401875354510
- declination
- 5.38721116396310
- radial velocity
- 12077
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 500 (also known as PGC 5013) is a type E-SO lenticular galaxy located in the Pisces constellation. It has an apparent size of .8 by .6 arcminutes and an apparent magnitude of 14.2. It was first discovered in 1850 by Bindon Blood Stoney during his time at Birr Castle in Ireland.
One supernova has been observed in NGC 500: SN 1990A (type unknown, mag. 19) was discovered by Christian Pollas on 1 January 1990.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 500” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.