NGC 520
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| NGC 520 | |
 An ultraviolet image of NGC 520 taken with GALEX. Credit: GALEX/NASA. |
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| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
|---|---|
| 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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[edit] References
- ^ 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.; Filippenko, Alexei V. & Sargent, Wallace L. W. (October 1997), “A Search for "Dwarf" Seyfert Nuclei. III. Spectroscopic Parameters and Properties of the Host Galaxies”, Astrophysical Journal Supplement 112: 315-390
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