NGC 544

galaxy

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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 544 is referenced by 835 other articles, and connects out to list of NGC objects (1–1000), epoch and NGC 241.

It sits within the topics Astronomical objects discovered in 1835, Discoveries by John Herschel and Elliptical galaxies.

Its subject is documented across 29 Wikipedia language editions.

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: GiG
Redshift: z = 0.020034
Coordinates: RA 21.3001° · Dec -38.0945°

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Key facts

Constellation: Sculptor
Right ascension: 01 25 12.02
Declination: −38 ° 21 ′ 15.87 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity: 5946 km/s
Apparent size v: 1.5 × 1.1 arcmin

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth: 80.60
Image: NGC 544 NGC 546 legacy dr10.jpg

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galaxy morphological type: S0
catalog code: Gaia DR2 5009592065271431424
time of discovery or invention: 1835-10-23
redshift: 0.019987
apparent magnitude: 10.122
right ascension: 21.30008954488330
declination: -38.09446563567070
radial velocity: 5946
Commons category: NGC 544

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 544 (also known as GC 320 or h 2411) is a faint, small, and round elliptical galaxy located in the Sculptor constellation. The galaxy was discovered by John Herschel on 23 October 1835 and its apparent size is 1.5 by 1.1 arc minutes. It is approximately 360 million light years away from Earth, it is similar to those of NGC 534, NGC 546 and NGC 549.

References

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 544” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.