NGC 543

NGC 543
SDSS image of NGC 543
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	01^h 25^m 50.00503^s[1]
Declination	−01° 17′ 34.0010″[1]
Redshift	0.017575[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	5223 km/s[1]
Distance	324.66 ± 0.75 Mly (99.54 ± 0.23 Mpc)[2]
Group or cluster	Abell 194[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	15.0[1]
Characteristics
Type	S0[1]
Other designations
MCG +00-04-138, PGC 5311[1]

NGC 543 is an elliptical galaxy located around 324 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. NGC 543 was discovered on October 31st, 1864 by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest.^[4][5][6] It is not known to have much star formation, and it is a member of the galaxy cluster Abell 194.^[3]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)

References

1. "NGC 539". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
2. Tully, R. Brent; et al. (2013). "Cosmicflows-2: The Data". The Astronomical Journal. 146 (4): 86. arXiv:1307.7213. Bibcode:2013AJ....146...86T. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86. S2CID 118494842.
3. Hudson, Michael J.; Lucey, John R.; Smith, Russell J.; Schlegel, David J.; Davies, Roger L. (2001). "Streaming motions of galaxy clusters within 12 000 km s⁻¹ - III. A standardized catalogue of Fundamental Plane data". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 327 (1): 265. Bibcode:2001MNRAS.327..265H. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04786.x.
4. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
5. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 543". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
6. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 543 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-04-10.

External links

• Media related to NGC 543 at Wikimedia Commons