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Key facts

Constellation
Pisces
Right ascension
01 24 47.7
Declination
+09 ° 32 ′ 20 ″
Redshift
2403 ± 5 km / s
Distance
86.1 ± 13.7 Mly (26.4 ± 4.2 Mpc )
Type
SA(rs)0+
Apparent size v
2.8 ′ × 2.8 ′

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Distance from Earth
32.45
Image
A mysterious old spiral (9507435614).jpg
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Commons category
NGC 524
catalog code
LEDA 5222
galaxy morphological type
S0-a
time of discovery or invention
1786-09-04
redshift
0.008076
apparent magnitude
7.163
right ascension
21.1987792
declination
9.5387917
radial velocity
2420

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NGC 524 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Pisces. It is at a distance of about 90 million light-years away from Earth. In the central bulge of the galaxy is visible gas forming a spiral structure. It is the largest galaxy in the small NGC 524 group of galaxies, which is associated with NGC 488 and its group. It was discovered by William Herschel on 4 September 1786.

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