NGC 520

NGC 520
NGC 520 by HST
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pisces
Right ascension	01h 24m 35.1s[1]
Declination	+03° 47′ 33″[1]
Redshift	0.007609[1]
Helio radial velocity	2,281 ± 3 km/s[1]
Distance	90.7 Mly (27.8 Mpc)[2]
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 90 million light-years away^[2] in the constellation Pisces. It has a H II nucleus.^[3]

Gallery

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  Image taken by ESO Faint Object Spectrograph and Camera attached to the 3.6-metre telescope at La Silla.

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  GALEX (ultraviolet)

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  2MASS (near-infrared)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 520. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+520&img_stamp=yes&extend=no. Retrieved 2006-12-22. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Distance Results for NGC 0520". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nDistance?name=NGC+0520. Retrieved 2010-05-05. 
3. ^ 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: pp. 315–390. doi:10.1086/313041. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1997ApJS..112..315H 

External links

• NGC 520, An Interacting pair of Spiral Galaxies
• NGC 520 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images

Coordinates: 01^h 24^m 35.1^s, +03° 47′ 33″