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Key facts
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Right ascension
- 01 24 03.89603
- Declination
- +12 ° 55 ′ 02.8476 ″
- Redshift
- 0.008246 ± 0.000010
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 2,472 km/s
- Distance
- 82.8 Mly (25.4 Mpc )
- Type
- SAB(rs)c
- Apparent size v
- 3.5 ′ × 2.8 ′
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Wikidata facts
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Distance from Earth
- 23
- Image
- NGC514 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- Commons category
- NGC 514
- galaxy morphological type
- SAB(rs)c
- catalog code
- LEDA 5139
- time of discovery or invention
- 1784-10-16
- apparent magnitude
- 9.144
- redshift
- 0.008246
- right ascension
- 21.01623346583410
- declination
- 12.91745767885910
- radial velocity
- 2541
- epoch
- J2000.0
- right ascension component of proper motion
- 0.182
- declination component of proper motion
- -0.476
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 514 is a low-luminosity, intermediate spiral galaxy in the equatorial constellation of Pisces, located at a distance of approximately 83 million light-years from the Milky Way. It was discovered on 16 October 1784 by astronomer William Herschel. The general form of the galaxy is specified by its morphological classification of SAB(rs)c, which indicates it has a weak bar system at the core (SAB), an incomplete ring formation around the bar (rs), and somewhat loosely-wound spiral arms (c). This galaxy has an H II nucleus with an extended region that displays weak emission lines in the optical range, but not in the near infrared. The suspected supermassive black hole at the core has an estimated mass of 3.2×10 M☉.
Supernova
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q942160” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.