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spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
GiG
Redshift
z = 0.016351
Morphology
SO-a
Coordinates
RA 21.3798° · Dec -1.4082°
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Key facts

Constellation
Cetus
Right ascension
01 25 31.169
Declination
−01 ° 24 ′ 29.20 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
4862 km/s
Distance
230 Mly (69 Mpc )
Group or cluster
Abell 194
Type
S0
Size
~95,000 ly (29.12 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
1.0′ × 0.3′

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
galaxy
Constellation
Cetus
Distance from Earth
65.52
Image
NGC 0535 SDSS.jpg
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discoverer or inventor
Heinrich Louis d'Arrest
galaxy morphological type
S0
time of discovery or invention
1864-10-31
catalog code
LEDA 5282
redshift
0.016351
apparent magnitude
10.479
Commons category
NGC 535
right ascension
21.3798708
declination
-1.4081111
radial velocity
4862
epoch
J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 535 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background for is 4,600±27 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 221.3 ± 15.6 Mly (67.84 ± 4.77 Mpc). It has an estimated diameter of 95,000 light years. NGC 535 was discovered by German astronomer Heinrich Ludwig d'Arrest on October 31, 1864. It is a member of the Abell 194 galaxy cluster.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 535” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.