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NGC 504

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galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Pisces
Right ascension
01 23 27.9
Declination
+33 ° 12 ′ 16 ″
Redshift
0.014096 ± 0.000270
Heliocentric radial velocity
(4196 ± 81) km/s
Distance
189 Mly
Type
S0
Apparent size v
1.7' × 0.4'

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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Pisces
Distance from Earth
57.15
Image
NGC504 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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catalog code
Gaia DR2 316823901882439168
apparent magnitude
10.253
Commons category
NGC 504
redshift
0.014096
galaxy morphological type
S0
discoverer or inventor
John Frederick William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1827-11-22
right ascension
20.86627243734690
declination
33.20436456662020
radial velocity
4196
epoch
J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 504, also occasionally referred to as PGC 5084 or UGC 935, is a lenticular galaxy located approximately 189 million light-years from the Solar System in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on 22 November 1827 by astronomer John Herschel. The object was listed twice in the General Catalogue, precursor of the New General Catalogue, as both GC 291 and GC 292.

Observation history

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 504” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.