NGC 524

Lenticular galaxy in the constellation Pisces

NGC 524
NGC 524 by Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pisces
Right ascension	01^h 24^m 47.7^s^[1]
Declination	+09° 32′ 20″^[1]
Redshift	2403 ± 5 km/s^[1]
Distance	86.1 ± 13.7 Mly (26.4 ± 4.2 Mpc)^[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	10.5
Characteristics
Type	SA(rs)0+^[1]
Apparent size (V)	2.8′ × 2.8′^[1]
Other designations
UGC 968, PGC 5222^[1]

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.^[2] It is the largest galaxy in the small NGC 524 group of galaxies, which is associated with NGC 488 and its group.^[3] It was discovered by William Herschel in 1786.

Two supernovae have been observed in the galaxy, SN 2000cx, a type Ia-p peaking at 14.5 magnitude, and SN 2008Q, type Ia.^[4]

Gallery

NGC 524 (SDSS DR14)
NGC 524 (HST)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 524. Retrieved 2006-11-18.
^ "Hubble Eyes a Mysterious Old Spiral". NASA. Archived from the original on 2023-06-09.
^ Dmitry Makarov and Igor Karachentsev (2011). "Galaxy groups and clouds in the local (z~ 0.01) Universe". MNRAS. 412 (4): 2498–2520. arXiv:1011.6277. Bibcode:2011MNRAS.412.2498M. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.18071.x. S2CID 119194025.
^ List of Supernovae IAU Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. Retrieved 29 December 2015.

External links

Media related to NGC 524 at Wikimedia Commons
NGC 524 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
SEDS

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NGC	NGC 519 NGC 520 NGC 521 NGC 522 NGC 523 NGC 524 NGC 525 NGC 526 NGC 527 NGC 528 NGC 529
PGC	PGC 5218 PGC 5219 PGC 5220 PGC 5221 PGC 5222 PGC 5223 PGC 5224 PGC 5225 PGC 5226
UGC	UGC 964 UGC 965 UGC 966 UGC 967 UGC 968 UGC 969 UGC 970 UGC 971 UGC 972