Q50653

Also known as New General Catalogue 59

lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus

Key facts

Constellation: Cetus
Right ascension: 00 15 25.126
Declination: −21 ° 26 ′ 39.68 ″
Distance: 17.3 Mly (5.30 Mpc )
Type: S0

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth: 5.57
Image: NGC 59 HST.jpg

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declination: -21.4443556
Commons category: NGC 59
galaxy morphological type: S0
catalog code: APMBGC 539+099+088
radial velocity: 367
time of discovery or invention: 1886-00-00
apparent magnitude: 10.096
redshift: 0.001274
right ascension: 3.8546917

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NGC 59 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is a probable member of the Sculptor Group. It is approximately 17 million light-years away.

NGC 59 has a stellar mass of 5 × 10 M☉ and it is a low-luminosity, low-metallicity galaxy. It has a young (2 to 6 billion years old) low-metallicity population at its center and an older (about 8 billion years old) overlaying population that has also a low metallicity.