Key facts
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Right ascension
- 01 23 24.10
- Declination
- +09 ° 26 ′ 01.00 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 2261 ± 5 km/s
- Distance
- 87 M ly
- Type
- S0?
- Apparent size v
- 1.6 x 0.6
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- NGC 0509 SDSS.jpg
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Article
NGC 509 is a lenticular galaxy approximately 87 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Pisces. It was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth on October 1, 1864.
NGC 509 and NGC 505 (SDSS)