NGC 520
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Observation data: J2000 epoch | |
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Constellation: | Pisces |
Right ascension: | 01h 24m 35.1s[1] |
Declination: | +03° 47′ 33″[1] |
Redshift: | 2,281 ± 3 km/s[1] |
Distance: | 100 Mly (30 Mpc)[citation needed] |
Type: | Pec[1] |
Apparent dimensions (V): | 4′.5[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V): | 12.2[1] |
Notable features: | interacting galaxies |
Other designations | |
UGC 966,[1] PGC 5193,[1] Arp 157[1] | |
See also: Galaxy, List of galaxies |
NGC 520 is a pair of colliding spiral galaxies about 100 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. It has a H II nucleus.[2]
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Results for NGC 520. Retrieved on 2006-12-22.
- ^ Ho, Luis C.; Alexei V. Filippenko & Wallace L. W. Sargent (October 1997), "A Search for "Dwarf" Seyfert Nuclei. III. Spectroscopic Parameters and Properties of the Host Galaxies", Astrophysical Journal Supplement 112: 315-390