NGC 520
| NGC 520 | |
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.jpg) NGC 520 by HST | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Pisces |
| Right ascension | 01h 24m 35.1s[1] |
| Declination | +03° 47′ 33″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.007609[1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 2,281 ± 3 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 90.7 Mly (27.8 Mpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.2[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Pec[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 4′.5[1] |
| Notable features | Interacting galaxies |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 966,[1] PGC 5193,[1] Arp 157[1] | |
NGC 520 is a pair of colliding spiral galaxies about 90 million light-years away[2] in the constellation Pisces. It has a H II nucleus.[3]
Gallery
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From the Mount Lemmon SkyCenter (Broadband, visible
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 520. Retrieved 2006-12-22.
- ^ a b "Distance Results for NGC 0520". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 2010-05-05.
- ^ Ho, Luis C.; Filippenko, Alexei V.; Sargent, Wallace L. W. (October 1997). "A Search for "Dwarf" Seyfert Nuclei. III. Spectroscopic Parameters and Properties of the Host Galaxies". Astrophysical Journal Supplement. Vol. 112. pp. 315–390. doi:10.1086/313041.
External links
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- NGC 520, An Interacting pair of Spiral Galaxies
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