| NGC 568 | |
|---|---|
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| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Sculptor |
| Right ascension | 01h 27m 57.0s[1] |
| Declination | −35° 43′ 03″ |
| Redshift | 0.018823±0.000133 |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 5,679 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 266 millionlight-year, 82.41 Mpc |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.479[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SA0− pec?[2] |
| Other designations | |
| IC 1709,ESO 353-3,PGC 5468,2MASX J01275699-3543039,GSC 07004-01899,MCG-06-04-037,6dFGS gJ012757.0-354304,2dFGRS TGS623Z103, ESO-LV 353-0030, SGC 012541-3558.6,LEDA 5468, DUGRS 353-002, APMBGC 353+112+050 andGaia DR2 5013264743345545088[4] | |
NGC 568, also commonly referred asIC 1709 is an unbarredlenticular galaxy[2] in the constellation ofSculptor.[5] The galaxy is 266 millionlight-years fromEarth[6] and was discovered byJohn Herschel on November 29, 1837, andLewis Swift, an American astronomer who listed it and gave it the nameIC 1709 on September 4, 1897.[1]
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