NGC 540
| NGC 540 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 540 imaged by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 01h 27m 08.90558s[1] |
| Declination | −20° 02′ 11.7187″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.033700±0.000213[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 10,103±89 km/s[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(s)0:[2] |
| Apparent size (V) | 2.5 × 2.0 arcmin[2] |
| Other designations | |
| LEDA 5410, PGC 5410, SGC 012444-2017.7 | |
NGC 540 is a barred lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is estimated to be 451 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 120,000 light years.[citation needed] The object was discovered on October 15, 1885, by the American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth.[4][5][6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
- ^ a b c Colless, Matthew; Peterson, Bruce A.; Jackson, Carole; Peacock, John A.; Cole, Shaun; Norberg, Peder; et al. (June 2003). "The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: Final Data Release". arXiv:astro-ph/0306581. Bibcode:2003astro.ph..6581C.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Lavaux, Guilhem; Hudson, Michael J. (October 2011). "The 2M galaxy redshift catalogue". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 416 (4): 2840–2856. arXiv:1105.6107. Bibcode:2011MNRAS.416.2840L. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19233.x. S2CID 119267445.
- ^ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 540 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
- ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 540". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
- ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
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