NGC 528 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Andromeda |
Right ascension | 01h 25m 33.60s[1] |
Declination | +33° 40′ 18.0″[1] |
Redshift | 4807 km/s[1] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 0.016034[1] |
Distance | 233.53 ± 10.68 Mly (71.600 ± 3.274 Mpc)[1] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.7[2] |
Characteristics | |
Type | S0[1] |
Apparent size (V) | 1.7′ × 1.1′[1] |
Other designations | |
NGC 528, UGC 988, MCG +05-04-057, PGC 5290[2] |
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]