NGC 528

NGC 528 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda.[1] It is located an estimated 70 million parsecs from the Milky Way. The object was discovered on 22 August 1865 by the German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Ludwig d'Arrest.[3]

NGC 528
SDSS image of NGC 528
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAndromeda
Right ascension01h 25m 33.60s[1]
Declination+33° 40 18.0[1]
Redshift4807 km/s[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity0.016034[1]
Distance233.53 ± 10.68 Mly (71.600 ± 3.274 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (B)13.7[2]
Characteristics
TypeS0[1]
Apparent size (V)1.7′ × 1.1′[1]
Other designations
NGC 528, UGC 988, MCG +05-04-057, PGC 5290[2]

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