NGC 570 | |
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Observation data ( J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Cetus |
Right ascension | 01h 28m 58.64210s [1] |
Declination | −00° 56′ 56.3223″ [1] |
Redshift | 0.01844 [2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 5477 km/s [2] |
Distance | 250.2 ± 17.6 Mly (76.70 ± 5.39 Mpc) [3] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.2 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Type | (R')SB(rs)a: [3] |
Other designations | |
UGC 1061, MCG +00-04-162, PGC 5539 [3] |
NGC 570 is a barred spiral galaxy. It is located in the Cetus constellation about 250 million light-years [3] from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the American astronomer George Mary Searle in 1867. [4] [5]